ICQ Sold
 

http://finance.paidcontent.org/paidc...wer&Ticker=AOL


AOL Inc. (AOL) and Digital Sky Technologies Limited (DST), the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking and Eastern European markets, announced today that they have reached an agreement for DST to acquire ICQ ? the leading instant messaging service in Russia and a number of other international markets ? for $187.5 million.

finnaly!

It's nothing but Russian spam bots these days anyhow. This is fitting.

Now, I can finally stop using ICQ.

Maybe they will upgrade this 2002 Mac version I am forced to use.

Use Adium.

I have been closing up my ICQ

I use Gtalk and skype a lot more these days!

Another article
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/28/aol...187-5-million/

Can we PLEASE stop using this dinosaur?

Great - ICQ will work even shittier now. Thanks Russia!

Didn't AOL buy it from an Israeli company for $400 million originally?
WG

I believe AOL bought it for $287 million.

I dont understand why the adult industry still hangs on to such a shitty way of communication.

yes i know this... good business...

I vote for ICQ usage ban. We've got SKP!!!

I've been moving to skype lately, ICQ sucks balls tbh.

Hopefully they fix it haha! I agree with millambur, skype is awesome!

They sale icq. I sale short icq.

hopefully we'll all move to Gtalk, way more organized.. and stay away from msn/live messenger, that's the most irritating chat client.

I think you're right, $400 mil was the sale price of Hotmail I think. I might have mixed the two up.
WG

Nothing wrong with ICQ. Almost everyone in the business uses it. I have no desire to change as long as clients and others still use ICQ.

ICQ is terrible, i dont know why the adult porn peddling community embraced it. it is bloated and sucks :P

havent opened ICQ in 3 years. no need to. Way out dated.

Yes you need to get Adium, you will never look back! :thumbsup

i dont use icq either, email works fine.

Been using it for over 10 years,stay invisible,.there are too many contacts that use it as well as Skype but it's still the norm and will be for a long time

Apparently I am the only one that doesn't care for Skype.

Already gone .. never been happier .

I guess I'm one of the few that actually likes ICQ.

you sale short horse ?

lies, i have talked to you 2 years ago via ICQ... :thumbsup

Nope, you're not. I don't use it. If people would just use the IM part of skype then it would be fine but people like to call and talk. I use instant messengers so I don't have to talk to people.

Beside the spam ICQ is fine. How many knocking it have it in their sig or nothing at all?

booom, maybe an end to the occasional server down issue and friends list being awkward is in sight!

dead horse

im planning to creat gmail or skype .... it seems everyday ICQ user gettin less

The only reason I use it and the only place it's advertised is on this board.

Guys, stop whining we're all gonna be using icq until the end of fucking time. Why? Because it is our industry standard and nothing is going to change that until its completely shut down and we are forced to use something else.

lol. your right, it was 2 years ago. Ok, I havent opened ICQ in 2 years. out dated. :thumbsup hope all is well with you