RSSYahoo, Microsoft IM Integration 'Soon'
By the Betanews Staff | Published June 5, 2006, 3:20 PM
Responding to queries on the status of integration with Yahoo Messenger, Microsoft said Monday that it was still working toward integrating the Yahoo network into the Windows Live Messenger client. "I still don't know exactly when you're going to be able to start adding those Yahoo! Buddies to your WL Messenger, but it can't be much longer," Messenger team member Leah posted to the team blog Monday.
The original deal to link the two networks was announced in October of last year. At the time, the companies said that the integration would occur by the second quarter of 2006. According to the blog post, a fully functional version of Windows Live Messenger with the Yahoo network integrated is being tested internally, however final testing has not begun.
Microsoft Yahoo! (Live, of course)
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|LOL, Yahoo is about to learn the harsh lesson that so many others who tried to "partner" with Microsoft have learned. At least its a move borne out of desperation, and M$ will make Yahoo's end a quick one. Thats better than seeing a true innovator be slowly pounded to dust by the Google machine.
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|rijp - Thanks for the quick defense. You're probably mostly right. But what's cool is that making money is often a result of having the happiest cusomters. Because of this, we little people (the ones who build the software) really do focus on the features that make people happiest, such as WLM + Yahoo. While revenue is a primary drivier for the company, it's actually the overall happiness customers, pride in our work, and the advancement of technology are the things we think about during our daily jobs.
(may sound a little preachy - but it's true - most of us got into the software field cause we love good software!)
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|Heh...
Sucks, don't it?
Success = failure in so many people's minds these days.
If yer doing well, you *must* be evil.
Sign o' the times, eh?
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|I've integrated Yahoo! buddies, MSN contacts, AIM contacts, and ICQ contacts for ages. It's called Gaim.
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|So, your MSN account can chat to people who have Yahoo accounts? No, your MSN account talks to people on MSN and Yahoo on Yahoo. Integrated clients isn't the same as integrated networks.
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|Yes that is true.. but Trillian does the same thing. I guess the idea is a wide spread of intergration, aka MESS for short. But the integration does not stop there AOL & GOOGLE have get to complete it's attempt.
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|Aren't you clever? I'll bet no one else thought of that one.
...probably because that's not even close to the point.
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|That's not true, the IM services (which are the clients, by the way) will have the codes of each integrated into each other. In that case, Windows Live contacts will indeed be able to message people on Yahoo Messenger thru Windows Live Messenger, and vice versa.
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|odd, i got em to work together somewhat a while back
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|This is sweet.
I will be glad when this day comes so I can use the better Messenger client (Yahoo!) to talk to my fellow MSN People.
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|Yup. Yahoo Messenger is the better one for me as well and I'd love to just use it rather than have both running at the same time.
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|Yahoo! would actually agree?
seems like MS is trying to monopolize the IM "industry"
maybe 'soon', AIM will be part of WL Messenger
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that would be the end of age
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|You people need to quit using the term "monopoly" and "monopolize" too loosely.. Its not even relevant.
Monopoly means ONLY. MS wants (just like every OTHER company in the world) to make money. Its plain and simple. Why does everything they do have the mask of "take over the world" attached to it?
I suppose Walmart wants to monopolize the retail industry? GM wants to monopolize the Automotive industry? Banks want to monopolize the finance industry, its JUST business, quit making it so damn personal.
Microsoft is in this to make money. There are PLENTY of IM programs out there, the whole world doesn't revolve around IM anyway, and they aren't even making a profit from IM services, so what is the problem? IM are FREE, or maybe you didn't notice that either.
This is 2 companies, Yahoo and Microsoft BOTH are competing with Google (in case you forgotten, they are the biggest in email, IM, and search engine) and Yahoo and Microsoft are joining forces against Google (who is monopolizing the search/email industry).
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|(delete me)
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|Can't completely agree with last paragraph; Google is the more popular search engine, but Instant Messaging & email? I think not. Windows Messenger, Yahoo and AIM are the biggest in instant messaging. Google has just begun. Even Google's gmail service is fairly new, and requires some time to "catch up" to the other free email services as they've been around for more than 10 years. Gmail has only been around less than 2 years.
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|I pray God answers your request?
Sorry, that was mean, I know. I just couldn't resist.
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