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Whether you love it or hate it, AIM is still very popular, though primarily in the USA. Couple that with Gmail's popularity, and it could provide a popular alternative to other web-based IM solutions like Meebo. Ultimately, I don't think this will do much to build AIM's user base, but it could give Google Talk a shot in the arm.

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Posted 2007-12-05T22:24:20Z
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I never really liked google chat all that much, mostly because most of my friends were on AIM and I had to specifically tell a friend of mine to go on google chat, if I wanted to talk to them there.  I think it makes a lot of sense and it's really cool that two of the biggest and most successful companies are working together, as opposed to competing against each other.  Gmail will be a lot cooler with AIM as a part of it... I hope to see it soon, and use it myself.

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