Re:AOL sell ICQ to DST (Russia)
by rit on Wednesday April 28, 2010 @09:49AM
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I still have one but I never actually log in - got the 6 digit even (#924218). I didn't realize it was an active, viable service still. At least at a level of independent value that makes it worth selling off.
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I'm #575061. We are the ones in the first million, huh!
It's impressive how quickly a company can lose such an impressive market share.
Yup - it was pervasive when I first used it. It was an amazing way to tie in people from diff. online communities with whom I'd otherwise have much less interaction.
At one point I recall them moving ICQ To the Oscar (early AIM) protocol but it was dying by then, replaced with the other 800000 IM systems available.