Will You Switch?...
I switched my permanent email address last spring...Yet, with Google's announcement of a new IM service, it made me wonder...Will people switch over from AOL or Yahoo?
Well, there must be a great plan to unleash it.
I'm still stunned by the popularity that Gmail generated from word-of-mouth promotion, and I'm amazed by how great of a tool it's been for my use of email. With that said, I'm prepared for the switch. I just hope that a lot of people join in with my new preference because I can't get people to switch from AOL IM over to my new YahooMessenger.
What I find interesting is that it seems the new Google IM service is going to be a lot like Skype, an open-source IM/Chat/communications service that I think is an incredible service. I absolutely love it. But It's going to be a shame to watch Skype battle for users and popularity...Looking at the past growth of gmail and the snobbery that surrounded Gmail's growth, there's no doubt that Skype is going to be in a dog-fight to keep users in this part of the world.
Here's the Reuters release on the new Google IM. Independent tech journalist, Om Malik is suggesting via his blog, Giaom, that the service is going to be released on the open-source system known as Jabber.
It looks like I'm going to have to add a third IM to my GAIM service. Drop me an email with your new Google IM address, and let's catch up.
Ping me,
IronDog
Well, there must be a great plan to unleash it.
I'm still stunned by the popularity that Gmail generated from word-of-mouth promotion, and I'm amazed by how great of a tool it's been for my use of email. With that said, I'm prepared for the switch. I just hope that a lot of people join in with my new preference because I can't get people to switch from AOL IM over to my new YahooMessenger.
What I find interesting is that it seems the new Google IM service is going to be a lot like Skype, an open-source IM/Chat/communications service that I think is an incredible service. I absolutely love it. But It's going to be a shame to watch Skype battle for users and popularity...Looking at the past growth of gmail and the snobbery that surrounded Gmail's growth, there's no doubt that Skype is going to be in a dog-fight to keep users in this part of the world.
Here's the Reuters release on the new Google IM. Independent tech journalist, Om Malik is suggesting via his blog, Giaom, that the service is going to be released on the open-source system known as Jabber.
It looks like I'm going to have to add a third IM to my GAIM service. Drop me an email with your new Google IM address, and let's catch up.
Ping me,
IronDog
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