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Re:Google buys Meebo by joelhaasnoot on Monday June 04, 2012 @04:53PM (#4065926)
There was a couple of steps in between I think - didn't they also do some sort of news/feed syndication or "following"? Till Gmail and Google Talk became popular, Meebo was my MSN replacement of choice.
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Re:Google buys Meebo by citricsquid on Monday June 04, 2012 @05:25PM (#4066051)
Still exists: https://www.meebo.com/messenger

Full timeline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meebo#Timeline

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Re:Google buys Meebo by jholman on Monday June 04, 2012 @08:36PM (#4066740)
What the heck is wrong with ICQ as an "MSN replacement"? If the new thing (MSN) sucks, and the old thing (ICQ) still works, why go to a NEWER thing?

Now, I have no trouble understanding why you'd eventually go to gChat; it's clearly superior.

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Re:Google buys Meebo by joelhaasnoot on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @02:46AM (#4067648)
I meant "MSN client replacement" - not having to install software and having chat logs everywhere was an advantage at the time.
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