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"We don't think it will be popular"

That was the answer I got when I showed my mock up to the AOL Instant Messenger team WAY back when..  Probably around 1999/2000.   The idea was to use icons in your buddy list that would show what chat capabilities they had.   A video camera icon if they could do video chat or a microphone icon if they could do voice chat.     “We don’t think instant messaging will be that popular, we’re focused on email”.      How’d that work out AOL?

 

Oh yeah, you ex-USR/3Com peeps might recognize some of the buddies on my list..  Extra points to anyone that can name all the “real people” behind those user names.

 

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