Actually if one wants AIM you can download a standalone version from
AOL's website.
And its usually newer than the version Packaged with Communicator.
I've developed a method of installing the newer version instead of the
older version and calling it within Communicator. Its' long and
complicated but it works.
Risky wrote:
>
> jeet shahani wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Not sure if the opposite would happen. I can tell you why..... People
> > who use AIM or ICQ will keep using them, because they communicate with
> > the people
>
> But will then then want to upgard and be forced to download Netscape
> just to install AIM?
>
> > If not this, AOL/Netscape can instead choose to have just an option to
> > install Netscape when they install ICQ or AIM......you can always put a
> > spin on it, but the bottom line is ..leverage what works for you and
> > promote other tools..This is one thing that AOL and other industry
> > leaders need to learn from M$..when Netscape
>
> It might be a better idea to bundle the Netscape installer with ICQ and
> AIM than only include AIM and ICQ with Netscape. This would (in my mind
> offer greater exposure) or I suppose one could make AIM a net download,
> just like NS, and make AIM-ICQ-NS one big net installer (using the same
> installer for all three apps). But not forcing users to install NS to
> get the other options.
>
> > started bundling AIM in the browser did you stop using Netscape 4.7 or
> > AIM, because it was bundled!! I don't think so...:-).
>
> Well I must admit I stopped using netscape4.7x before AIM was bundled
> with NS... and then the version that shipped with NS was an older
> version of AIM.
>
> Personally I think AIM well get fewer new users and fewer people will
> update AIM (the install base will not shirnk). I just don't see how
> forcing users to use netscape in order to download AIM would benfit
> AOL-Netscape/Time-Warrner.
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