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Stampede?

May 23, 2005 08:00 PM

Topics: Strategy | observations | stories

One's just lonely, two's company, three's a crowd. Some bloggers are dropping other IM products for Skype. Is this a stampede? Myself? I turned on my Trillian a couple of times in the last few weeks. Only to get to someone who I haven't yet converted. My buddy list keeps growing. While I want to organize it renaming buddies kills the extra details (timezones, locations etc.) that my buddies keep updating.

My colleagues Jeremy and Tris are ditching their old instant messaging (IM) clients like MSN and so am I. I'm sick of having multiple instant messaging IM clients, especially now that I have one that works so damn well. WillPate May 15
I’ve decided to stop using MSN Messenger, as well as every other IM client out there. I now use Skype exclusively Jeremy Wright April 18
I was thinking, "yeah I prefer Skype too..." [end thought]. This morning I realized that just about all the folks I IM with on a regular basis are on Skype. So, why, pray tell, am I running a multi-protocal app to be available on MSN, Y!, and AIM? Tris Hussey April 20
I use Skype everyday, and quite a lot during the day, but rarely for voice services. Although the option is great, as is the multi-person capability, I use it for my IM. Group chats, simple interface, easy to manage voice to chat switches. Just simple. Arieanna Foley May 7


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Posted by: Alex Wolfson at May 25, 2005 4:19 AM

What about Pulver FWD Commumnication -- access to IM clients like Yahoo, and API access to Skype. The meta march keeps rolling on!

AW

Posted by: Uri L. at May 29, 2005 7:08 AM

Unfortunately, I cannot say that I managed to convert most of my IM contacts to use skype.

Skype is the dominant client for communicating with business contacts. Many friends, young people mostly, prefer to stay with MSN, AIM and YIM - and in fact are very hard to convert.

Skype is all about great voice quality, and anyone who crave for it will use it. But the simple IM users usually feel great with the entertainment and fun features on the popular IM clients, and it's very hard to convince them to add another client.

Bottom line - for the lame, non savvy IM user - the Skype bonanza is very unclear.

Excuses parade:
"Why would I need another IM program?" , "why would I need voice?" , "Voice conversations demand more attention and I can't do other things?", "MSN/YIM also has voice", "I don't have a mic", "Don't have the nerves to rebuild my contacts list", "Skype? it's too geeky!".

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