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Google Talk: so what's next?

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Friday Aug 26 2005

First they took the crown in search engine land by creating the only search engine on the internet that actually finds what you're looking for. Then there was an explosion of Google this, Google that and right now it seems Google Everything™ or Google World Domination ™ can't be far away anymore. We already have gmail, Google Desktop, Google Earth, the dreaded Google Web Accellerator and now it seems Google is taking on the instant messaging and VoIP market with Google Talk. Am I the only one who thinks things are starting to look slightly scary here? I guess I'll leave Google Talk be for a while...

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At 27 August '05 - 12:22 Chantal wrote:
I use iChat, Skype and MSN (for those damned PC users who are to lazy to install AIM Messenger) and I think that’s enough… I don’t need another messenger to talk with…
At 29 August '05 - 11:31 localhost wrote:
Any competition to get MSNMessenger to go away again will be fine. You can contact me at my talk address…

And if you need an invite for gmail, just ask.
At 29 August '05 - 11:37 weefselkweekje wrote:
Well, sure they want world domination, but al least they’re offering something real in exchange for your privacy. In this case a really good, bloat-free piece of software that has already become my weapon of choice when it comes to IM.

Used Miranda btw, the second best IM software for PC, which connects to all other networks as well…
At 29 August '05 - 22:46 mr nice ash wrote:
i read somewhere about a rumor of a Google OS. Hey what do you think?? ;)
At 30 August '05 - 09:03 weefselkweekje wrote:
I’ve read rumors about Google Everything by now :)

They already basically control the internet, but their motives seem reasonably (and relatively) pure, so I can live with them ruling the waves for now.

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