AOL Opens Up the AIM Instant Messaging Network

AVIDJockey writes "In a pleasantly surprising move, AOL has changed its tune when it comes to third-party access to the company's chat network. America Online has recently launched a service called OpenAIM 2.0, which provides open, uninhibited access to services like Meebo, or all-in-one IM clients like Pidgin, allowing them to freely and easily use the AIM instant messaging network. 'At the moment, multi-platform IM desktop clients like Pidgin or Adium (the popular Mac client) generally rely on hacking and reverse engineering access to chat networks run by AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft and others. Not only is that bad for developers since it means more work, it also means that such clients often can't use all the features of a particular network.'"

Re:Required features

[tomhudson]

1. have it "display" the ads as 0px by 0px, black on black background
2. randomly have the whole horde select one ad for ALL the clients to "click" on
3. ad server DDoS'ed, melts down, "open-sores terr'rists" blamed

Profit? What profit? Didn't you see the bit about "online ads revenue was inflated"?

Re:Sounds like

[Anonymous Coward]

I cant help but laugh when somebody troll's somebody's sig

Re:Still around?

[thePowerOfGrayskull]

Very true. Sorry, I really didn't know what offline messaging was. =\

Damn, man, this is slashdot! Where is your geekly pride! You must bluster, throw up a few straw men, and eventually close with a scathing comment about how I wouldn't know what to do with a girl if I could find one!