Alex,
Again, thanks for the input. In your two short responses, I have increased
my knowledge of IM 1000 fold. Thanks for all your insight, opinions and
background knowledge of the major players in the IM market. It gives me a
direction. I didn't realize all the options; voice, video, file transfer; in
addition to just text messages. Lots to think about.
Jim Maki
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Davidson
>
> You know it's horses for courses:
>
> I think AOL has the most subscribers these days(?).
> I seem to remember that ICQ at one point had the most users but I
> haven't logged on to that service for years - it seems like newbies
> invariably choose AOL or MSN.
> I read a great review a while back of MSN's Video Conferencing so that
> might sway things for you if you have or plan to get a webcam.
> I always found Yahoo Chat a little clunky.
>
> I personally use nothing but Google Talk these days as we block all
> other chat protocols at work. We leave Google Talk alone (for now) as
> it has no File Transfer capabilities. It is very basic but ties in to
> Gmail which means you don't have to install a client if you're not at
> your PC. It may be too basic for your daughter however :)
>
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