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1997 .  

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1998 .   

      ,   1998  ICQ      . America Online,   1997     IM,       , AOL Instant Messenger (AIM),     Netscape Navigator.    AOL      AIM,     10  .  ,    ICQ   , AIM   .  ,        ICQ   "".    ,  Mirabilis        .

   ,   , Microsoft,      .    Netscape     -, Microsoft  ,     ,   -   ,      ,    ,     . Microsoft   ,   Mirabilis.

 ,  Mirabilis      .      ,    -   -,    ,  ICQ.       ,      .       ,     ,   ,  , ,       Microsoft,      ,   Mirabilis  ,   ,     .  ,  Microsoft       ,    ICQ.

  1998  ICQ -  Microsoft,  AOL.     , - ICQ, 287   ,       .

  Microsoft,      Flash Communications        MSN Messenger.    ICQ       ,     AOL.       Download.com,    ,        . ICQ     .

1999 .  

    IM    ,           . Activerse      - CMGI,     ,      ,     .

       : Activerse     ,  CMGI Solutions;  CMGI  Tribal Voice,    ,   Activerse, ;       IM-   ;   ,  Tribal Voice   .  ,  , " CMGI   ,   ,        ".

  Microsoft   MSN Messenger, , ,     ,     .  AOL           IM.  MSN Messenger    -         AIM.  AOL     ,   . Microsoft  "",   .      ,   ,   ,     .  Microsoft .    MSN Messenger,    1999 ,       AIM.  AOL     ,  AT & T, Tribal Voice, Odigo  Trillian,       . ,      ,        ,     ,  .

   ""    .   . Microsoft    AOL   ,  ,     Netscape     :   MSN Messenger      Windows XP       , , ,    . AOL  ,    ICQ      . Microsoft    Vodafone:        ,     Messenger,         Hotmail,  Microsoft. ,  ,  ""    IM-,    -    "", " "      ,   GSM-  ICQ   .

   AOL.  2005 ,  ,  500   IM      3    .  ,     ,  ,   ?

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,   -   1996    , ,   -  ,  ,      -      ICQ.  :          ,        .    ,    freeware ,         Mirabilis.  ""? ,             ,         ,   -     .   .

    ICQ   -    ,         . ,    ,        ICQ    6 .    -         .  Mirabilis    "" ,          ""  . 