[JDEV] MSN vs Jabber

[Wing, Oliver]

Max,

> How would you explain the fact that MSN overtook AOL before it was
> integrated with anything (I'm not sure on this one, but I recall it being
in
> that order)?  I don't *think* MSN Messenger was integrated with ME, just
XP.
> And I agree that's just not fair.  (I wish the gov't would focus on useful
> issues, not this nonsense about whether HTTP and HTML objects are
integrated
> with the OS (which they should be at this point))

Just a small point. MSN originally started by offering support for AIM too.
In that respect, it would have gained ground, because it did what no-one (of
any large commerical company) did before.