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Date: Wed Aug 24 11:48:49 2005
From: andrew.rse at gmail.com (Andrew Smith)
Subject: talk.google.com
I was just pondering as to how they will serve advertisements, ads on I.M.
isn't the done thing and I can't see it being accepted. Honestly, I think a
targetted ad would be pretty good on I.M., I'm talking about a concert with
a friend and *bam* up pops a link to cheap tickets for that concert. But I
can't see them getting away with that, I suppose it will just be used as a
draw to their Gmail service?
On 8/24/05, Stuart Carter <Stuart.Carter@...el.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Google will make money off it the way they usually do - by providing a
> useful service, based on open source and open standards, and use it as a
> conduit to deliver advertising :)
>
> I hadn't thought of the Skype connection - but it *does* make sense when
> you think about it. Plus, it's another poke in the eye to Microsoft - "hey,
> Microsoft! We have just launched our IM service and already have more users
> than you! Neener neener!" (or something along those lines).
>
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> >>> Andrew Smith <andrew.rse@...il.com> 24/08/2005 10:51 >>>
> Interesting,
> http://www.google.com/talk/otherclients.html especially, giving you other
> options.
> How could they possibly make a profit off this? I guess it's just an
> extension to gMail which they will certainly make a profit with.
> Perhaps they're trying to beat skype on the VOIP market?
>
>
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> On 8/24/05, Stuart Carter <Stuart.Carter@...el.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Hey ho - more opportunites for people to happily surrender their
> privacy!
> >
> > But it's just another jabber server - one that I will not be using, but
> > will no doubt attract Joe Sixpack as usual.
> >
> > Personally I find GAIM and GAIM-encryption to be a happy combination :)
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