Comments on: The Walls Come Tumbling Down? AIM SDK Released http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/06/the-walls-come-tumbling-down-aim-sdk-released/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sumeet http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/06/the-walls-come-tumbling-down-aim-sdk-released/#comment-557195 Sumeet Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:27:01 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2274#comment-557195 Where can i download the SDK? Where can i download the SDK?

]]> By: trojjer http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/06/the-walls-come-tumbling-down-aim-sdk-released/#comment-300763 trojjer Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:46:44 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2274#comment-300763 From the "AIM Developer Usage Licence", Section 11.2: "You warrant that you will comply with the instructions of the Open Source Federation (www.opensource.org) with respect to modification of Publicly Available Software, and will promptly report to AOL, in writing, any deviation thereto. You warrant that you have processes and precautions necessary to prevent any risk that the AOL Tools, or any other AOL software, will be provided to the open source community or otherwise into the public domain, as a result of your activities pursuant to this Agreement." So it's "open" but not "open source"? I don't like the mention of "contamination" in previous sections, either. In their definition of Publicly Available Software, they specifically exclude interaction with GPL/Apache/PERL/etc licensed software unless they've approved it themselves. Hmm... From the “AIM Developer Usage Licence”, Section 11.2:

“You warrant that you will comply with the instructions of the Open Source Federation (www.opensource.org) with respect to modification of Publicly Available Software, and will promptly report to AOL, in writing, any deviation thereto. You warrant that you have processes and precautions necessary to prevent any risk that the AOL Tools, or any other AOL software, will be provided to the open source community or otherwise into the public domain, as a result of your activities pursuant to this Agreement.”

So it’s “open” but not “open source”? I don’t like the mention of “contamination” in previous sections, either. In their definition of Publicly Available Software, they specifically exclude interaction with GPL/Apache/PERL/etc licensed software unless they’ve approved it themselves. Hmm…

]]> By: Video: AOL Opens up Instant Message API for Developers | Entrepreneurship with John Furrier: Podcasts with Entrepreneurs and VCs http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/06/the-walls-come-tumbling-down-aim-sdk-released/#comment-52391 Video: AOL Opens up Instant Message API for Developers | Entrepreneurship with John Furrier: Podcasts with Entrepreneurs and VCs Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:46:08 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2274#comment-52391 [...] AOL’s Stephen Benedict announced today at the WebGuild.org annual conference that AOL is opening up APIs for their ‘crown jewel’ AIM Instant Messenger. AOL execs talked with PodTech’s CEO John Furrier in Santa Clara GigaOm had the story yesterday. Here is a video interview with AOL’s Principle Product Manager Stephen Benedict on their new strategy and Open API initiative. From GigaOm: will make its AIM instant messaging network web-friendly, making web-based application programming interfaces (API) and widgets available to anyone who wants to incorporate AIM functionality right into their Web sites and online communities, company executives say. OpenAIM was announced earlier this year, but was restricted to desktop applications. [...] [...] AOL’s Stephen Benedict announced today at the WebGuild.org annual conference that AOL is opening up APIs for their ‘crown jewel’ AIM Instant Messenger. AOL execs talked with PodTech’s CEO John Furrier in Santa Clara GigaOm had the story yesterday. Here is a video interview with AOL’s Principle Product Manager Stephen Benedict on their new strategy and Open API initiative. From GigaOm: will make its AIM instant messaging network web-friendly, making web-based application programming interfaces (API) and widgets available to anyone who wants to incorporate AIM functionality right into their Web sites and online communities, company executives say. OpenAIM was announced earlier this year, but was restricted to desktop applications. [...]

]]> By: Video: AOL Opens up Instant Message API for Developers | PodTech.net: Technology, Business, Media, and News Podcasts http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/06/the-walls-come-tumbling-down-aim-sdk-released/#comment-52390 Video: AOL Opens up Instant Message API for Developers | PodTech.net: Technology, Business, Media, and News Podcasts Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:39:22 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2274#comment-52390 [...] AOL’s Stephen Benedict announced today at the WebGuild.org annual conference that AOL is opening up APIs for their ‘crown jewel’ AIM Instant Messenger. AOL execs talked with PodTech’s CEO John Furrier in Santa Clara GigaOm had the story yesterday. Here is a video interview with AOL’s Principle Product Manager Stephen Benedict on their new strategy and Open API initiative. From GigaOm: will make its AIM instant messaging network web-friendly, making web-based application programming interfaces (API) and widgets available to anyone who wants to incorporate AIM functionality right into their Web sites and online communities, company executives say. OpenAIM was announced earlier this year, but was restricted to desktop applications. [...] [...] AOL’s Stephen Benedict announced today at the WebGuild.org annual conference that AOL is opening up APIs for their ‘crown jewel’ AIM Instant Messenger. AOL execs talked with PodTech’s CEO John Furrier in Santa Clara GigaOm had the story yesterday. Here is a video interview with AOL’s Principle Product Manager Stephen Benedict on their new strategy and Open API initiative. From GigaOm: will make its AIM instant messaging network web-friendly, making web-based application programming interfaces (API) and widgets available to anyone who wants to incorporate AIM functionality right into their Web sites and online communities, company executives say. OpenAIM was announced earlier this year, but was restricted to desktop applications. [...]

]]> By: GigaOM » AOL to offer Web API for its IM http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/06/the-walls-come-tumbling-down-aim-sdk-released/#comment-52119 GigaOM » AOL to offer Web API for its IM Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:39:45 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2274#comment-52119 [...] AOL, a division of Time Warner, will make its AIM instant messaging network web-friendly, making web-based application programming interfaces (API) and widgets available to anyone who wants to incorporate AIM functionality right into their Web sites and online communities, company executives say. OpenAIM was announced earlier this year, but was restricted to desktop applications. [...] [...] AOL, a division of Time Warner, will make its AIM instant messaging network web-friendly, making web-based application programming interfaces (API) and widgets available to anyone who wants to incorporate AIM functionality right into their Web sites and online communities, company executives say. OpenAIM was announced earlier this year, but was restricted to desktop applications. [...]

]]> By: Go Big, or Go Home. But Please, Spare Us The Whinging… -- Alec Saunders .LOG http://saunderslog.com/2006/03/06/the-walls-come-tumbling-down-aim-sdk-released/#comment-33706 Go Big, or Go Home. But Please, Spare Us The Whinging… -- Alec Saunders .LOG Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:58:11 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2274#comment-33706 [...] Expect Skype’s strategy to mature quickly, however, now that players like AOL are starting to more aggressively build ecosystem plays.  [...] [...] Expect Skype’s strategy to mature quickly, however, now that players like AOL are starting to more aggressively build ecosystem plays.  [...]

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