Bluetooth wireless connectivity set to take offĪ week later, Trillian is once again connecting to AIM, but the issues raised by the industry's profusion of IM systems that don't allow their users to speak with those using other systems remains unsettled.ĪIM is the industry's largest IM network, with a user base of more than 100 million users, but Yahoo! and Microsoft have also amassed millions of members for their IM applications - and details about long-promised interoperability between their systems remain vague.
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The message directed users to AOL's Web site to download a "FREE, fully featured, and authorized client." IDG.net INFOCENTER Attempts to connect to AIM via Trillian were met with a message informing users that they had been disconnected for attempting to access AOL's network with unauthorized software. Cerulean was able to circumvent most AOL blocks within a day - until last Thursday, when AOL both cut off Trillian's access and sternly reprimanded its users. In late January, AOL shut down Trillian's connection to AIM, kicking off an extended cycle of break-and-fix. (AOL Time Warner is the parent company of CNN.com.) Initially released in July 2000 as an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client and expanded five months later to connect diverse IM systems, Trillian operated without interference from AOL for more than a year. Trillian is an IM front-end with no native user base but one killer feature: It promises to connect users to five popular messaging systems, including MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and AOL's AIM and ICQ. (IDG) - Boutique software developer Cerulean Studios restored the interoperability of its Trillian instant messaging application with America Online's AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) system late Thursday, the latest move in a now-familiar cat-and-mouse game that illustrates how far the industry is from the IM interoperability consumers crave.
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