AIM Architect Leaves AOL for Google

By Nate Mook | Published October 16, 2006, 4:45 PM

Justin Uberti, lead developer of AOL Instant Messenger who worked on the product for almost nine years, last week left the company and joined the ranks of Google. Uberti played an integral role in the launch of AIM Triton and the Open AIM initiative.

Google has long been hiring top talent from rivals such as Microsoft and Yahoo, and Uberti's departure from AOL may indicate the search giant wishes to grow its fledgling Google Talk client. As part of Google's $1 billion investment in AOL, the companies already plan to link up their IM networks and Uberti could play a role in making that a reality.

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Oh one more thing don't forget GOOGLE Energy.

http://www.betanews.com/..._Solar_Power/1161111177

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Funny just opened up an AIM window to send my friend a link to http://www.google.com/googlegulp/ and stupid thing froze up but this IE is still working. I would rate AIM a -10 :) time to switch.

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google the toilet paper
google the condom
google the lunchbox
google the mel brooks

AIM and all th eother msgers i dont prefer, so i use trillian. anything to keep that other software off my machine. Gaim is also another multi platform proggy. So my suggestion is to not feed the massive.

i use google for a search engine as well, thats about it. i use mapquest for maps and directions, hasnt stranded me yet :P

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You have the quote wrong.

"We put the pictures name on everything. Merchandising. Merchandising. Where the real money from the movie is made. Spaceballs-the T-s***, Spaceballs-the Coloring Book, Spaceballs-the Lunch box, Spaceballs-the Breakfast Cereal, Spaceballs-the Flame Thrower...The kids love this one. Last, but not least, Spaceballs - the Doll."

Google the T-s*** (definitely exists)
Google the Coloring Book (it could exist)
Google the Lunch Box (probably exists)
Google the Breakfast Cereal (err...)
Google the Flamethrower (um...)
Google the doll (possibly)

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I'm really tired of hearing about google when all I use from them is their search engine. Don't get me wrong, I use it a lot, but geez, nothing else they have offered tempts me (google maps is alright too).

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Google Reader is pretty good.

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Maybe it's just me, but doesn't AIM suck big time???

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True...but then again... Yahoo and Windows Live messenger suck too.

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"Maybe it's just me, but doesn't AIM suck big time???"
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I think it's just you.

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ICQ ftw :D

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AIM is going down the tubes...i rarely use it...

Yahoo is very good. Quick and useful
MSN is just bloated.
GoogleTalk has a long way to go.

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Dude, I’m still mourning ICQ.
One day the most popular and promising IM around.
And the next day ICQ gets hit by a bus. (AOL was driving)

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@ rageweaver :D
"http://www.google.com/googlegulp/"

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I... have no idea if this is good or bad. This guy made AIM Triton? Ugh.

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There goes the neighborhood....

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ha ha ha....

Nice. =)

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What can ya do... Google will soon be making energy drinks...And I will sure as hell buy it.

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True, me too.

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