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   Can you tell us what direction the talk being reported on by this =
story says that IM should go?  You might also read the news.com article =
on the same talk at http://news.com.com/2100-1023-985919.html.  I think =
the news.com article has more meat.

Rich

  "Robert Comer"  wrote in message =
news:3e5c5ae5$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  It sure looked to me like Phil was commenting on how he that the =
people in
  the story had it wrong as to what direction they should go with IM, =
not that
  the story talked about SMS itself...

  - Bob Comer


  "Rich"  wrote in message news:3e5c374a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
     The article was nothing about SMS.  It was discussing IM within a
  corporate environment.  Maybe you would like to comment on how you =
believe
  AOL, MSN, Yahoo, and other public IM providers should support SMS.  =
Fine.
  That has nothing to do with the article you referenced.

  Rich

    "Phil Payne"  wrote in message
  news:3E5C1C4F.BA7E7799{at}isham-research.com...
    > How did you or Phil get on to SMS and in your case rediculous
    > conclusions based on an article discussing corporate use of IM?
    > Did you even read the article?

    Oddly enough, I did.  One of the things I do for a living, reading
    articles.

    Ever used a Nokia Communicator?

    SMS _is_ instant messaging - there are over a billion compatible =
terminals
    out there now.  One namespace that already exists - the =
international
    telephone number system.  Store and forward processing included.

    Microsoft can wander off and do what it wants, but if it doesn't =
have a
    seamless SMS interface it's dead before it ships.

    1.65 billion messages a year is a lot to catch up with.  The kids on =
the
    street corners are the executives of tomorrow - they're shunning =
email
    big-time over here.  They have their friends in their pockets, so =
why
    should they want something heavy and noisy on a desk?

    Their lives will be different.  When they leave school or college, =
they
    don't lose touch.  An awful lot of behaviour will change.

    --
      Phil Payne
      http://www.isham-research.com
      +44 7785 302 803
      +49 173 6242039


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Rich
 

  "Robert Comer" <bobcomer{at}mindspring.com>">mailto:bobcomer{at}mindspring.com">bobcomer{at}mindspring.com>
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  Comer"Rich" <{at}>
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  =20
  The article was nothing about SMS.  It was discussing IM within=20
  acorporate environment.  Maybe you would like to comment on =
how you=20
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  referenced.Rich 
"Phil Payne" <philp{at}isham-research.com>=">mailto:philp{at}isham-research.com">philp{at}isham-research.com>=
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  in messagenews:3E5C1C4F.BA7E7799=
{at}isham-research.com... =20
  > How did you or Phil get on to SMS and in your case =
rediculous =20
  > conclusions based on an article discussing corporate use of =
IM? =20
  > Did you even read the article? 
Oddly enough, I =
did. =20
  One of the things I do for a living, reading  =
articles. =20
  Ever used a Nokia Communicator?  SMS _is_ instant =
messaging -=20
  there are over a billion compatible terminals  out there =
now. =20
  One namespace that already exists - the international  =
telephone=20
  number system.  Store and forward processing =
included. =20
  Microsoft can wander off and do what it wants, but if it doesn't have=20
  a  seamless SMS interface it's dead before it =
ships. =20
  1.65 billion messages a year is a lot to catch up with.  The kids =
on=20
  the  street corners are the executives of tomorrow - they're =
shunning=20
  email  big-time over here.  They have their
friends in =
their=20
  pockets, so why  should they want something heavy and noisy =
on a=20
  desk?  Their lives will be
different.  When they =
leave=20
  school or college, they  don't lose touch. 
An awful lot =
of=20
  behaviour will change. 
--    Phil=20
  Payne    http://www.isham-research.com<" target="new">http://www.isham-research.com<=">http://www.isham-research.com">http://www.isham-research.com<=
BR>   =20
  +44 7785 302 803    +49 173=20
6242039

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