J_RaD
msg:4123623 | 2:20 pm on Apr 28, 2010 (gmt 0) |
selling at a loss, and what the heck is that other company going to do with ICQ?
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blend27
msg:4123661 | 3:12 pm on Apr 28, 2010 (gmt 0) |
ICQ is very popular in Russia, and reffered to as As'ka.
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BillyS
msg:4123694 | 4:06 pm on Apr 28, 2010 (gmt 0) |
It never ceases to amaze me what people are willing to pay for technology that has no return on investment.
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httpwebwitch
msg:4123701 | 4:21 pm on Apr 28, 2010 (gmt 0) |
> no return on investment
are you sure about that?
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Nobias
msg:4123703 | 4:22 pm on Apr 28, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Socialism isn't about ROI (as people in the US find out the hard way these days too ;).
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msantore
msg:4123726 | 4:50 pm on Apr 28, 2010 (gmt 0) |
I hope this doesn't mean more Russian bots trying to add me every 15 minutes...
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BillyS
msg:4123762 | 5:23 pm on Apr 28, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Right, a negative return...
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trillianjedi
msg:4123768 | 5:30 pm on Apr 28, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| It never ceases to amaze me what people are willing to pay for technology that has no return on investment. |
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What makes you think it was a technology sale ?
ROI : it'll have paid for itself in 4 years.
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BillyS
msg:4123939 | 8:38 pm on Apr 28, 2010 (gmt 0) |
What makes you think it was a technology sale ?
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Because it was a sale of assets. You're not going to try an argue that they sold customer loyalty. It's very fleeting in the internet world. That was my point.
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Hugene
msg:4123950 | 8:46 pm on Apr 28, 2010 (gmt 0) |
ICQ is still popular in Easter Europe, so that's a good move. I remember the good old days of ICQ, with its number. People knew their numbers by heart, like a telephone number. And then the annoying MSN Messenger came along... and in good old M$ way crushed the competition.
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blend27
msg:4124030 | 10:57 pm on Apr 28, 2010 (gmt 0) |
.. numbers by heart..
I know 32 of them! We do Montly Shout-Outs Via ICQ for our Classmates, We graduated more than a quarter of a century ago. And the APP of choice is ICQ.
Former CCCP, Greece, Poland, Italy, Germany, France, US, Cuba, Canada, Ecuador, Brasil, Japan, Australia, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Bahamas(I wish I was there again).
The truce was called not to change the app 7 years ago to stay in touch.
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trillianjedi
msg:4124709 | 11:32 pm on Apr 29, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| Because it was a sale of assets. |
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I'm not sure where you read that (do you have a link)? Everything I have read says it wasn't an asset sale it was a share sale.
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ppc_newbie
msg:4125404 | 2:31 pm on May 1, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| I hope this doesn't mean more Russian bots trying to add me every 15 minutes... |
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Setting your mode to invisible tends to cut down on all those russian honeys.
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Brett_Tabke
msg:4127566 | 5:19 pm on May 5, 2010 (gmt 0) |
>It's very fleeting in the internet world.
Embedded AIM players that start every time millions turn on their computer? That is serious loyalty that is measured in real cash returns.
Oh an hey, what's this? they integrated AIM with Facebook chat? Seriously - aim is only second to twitter at a im app.
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