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Re:Correction

Posted by: wicked_knight on July 10, 2002 12:42 AM
off the mark but close. AOL's messenger service ( the internal aol client - not to confuse it with AIM) was created as a value added feature for their members based on talk, not IRC. AIM was created to allow AOL members and non AOL members to communicate , once again a value added feature that would also introduce people to the AOL name ( at that time growing but not with the dominance it has now.)

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