To: RatsDawg
I started using AOL in 1998 and had to download it as IM didn't come automatically with the AOL account -- it was an added feature you could download.
This guy is lying IMO!
2,953 posted on
10/06/2006 8:15:18 AM PDT by
PhiKapMom
( Go Sooners! George Allen for President in 2008!)
To: PhiKapMom
For some reason I am getting deja vu of looking into how typewriters typed in the early 70s. rathergate all over again....
To: PhiKapMom
According to the Wikipedia article on AIM (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger), AIM was first released in October 1997.
I don't know how many people were using AIM in 1998, but prior to October 1997 nobody was.
According to the Wikipedia article on ICQ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icq), ICQ was first released in November of 1996.
Somebody could have been using ICQ in 1997, but ICQ was the realm of geeks. AIM's following was more among the general population.
To: PhiKapMom
Same here, PKM...in fact, I know that I did not have IM until sometime in 2000 or 2001 and I had an AOL account continuously starting in 1997.
2,977 posted on
10/06/2006 10:32:22 AM PDT by
top 2 toe red
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