AOL recruits ISPs in messaging battle.
Published:
16 August 1999 y., Monday
AOL enlisted help in the messaging war with Microsoft Friday by inking deals with fellow Internet service providers EarthLink and MindSpring. Under the agreements, both EarthLink and MindSpring said they_ll distribute a cobranded version of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), making it available to its members. Through the relationship, EarthLink_s 1.3 million members and MindSpring_s 1.2 million members will be able to trade personalized and private online messages in real time. In turn, both ISPs will join the AIM community, which includes 17 million AOL subscribers and 28 million registered AIM users, the companies said in a statement. The announcement comes in the midst of a heated war between AOL and Microsoft, which began to escalate last month after the software giant released its own instant messaging software, MSN Messenger. Microsoft_s MSN Messenger service has an added feature that allows its users to communicate with AOL Instant Messenger users, but AOL has since then blocked Microsoft users from communicating with its "Buddy List," charging that it poses a security risk to AOL users.
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