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ICQ actually predates AIM

• stormbrew 10y ago
  It doesn't say it didn't (that I can see). I think it's saying AIM brought the concept into the mainstream, and I think that's probably more or less true in the US. Interestingly (to me, at least), this seemed to be pretty reasonable. No one I knew in Canada had AIM, except if they talked to Americans regularly. MSNM was very very popular, though. And ICQ before it.
  • Frompo 10y ago
    Yeah, you needed aim if you wanted to chat with some americans when I played utopia. Meanwhile the big IM breakthrough among my less technical friends was msn. I quite quickly found a stand along multi-protocol client and I've stuck to that mode of managing IM since when I could control it.
  • stormbrew 10y ago
    Reasonable should be regional. Noticed after the edit window, damnit.