Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

AOL has been behind SIP for over three years or more. They are not jumping on board now. They are simply using what little they have left to SPIN this. Alec pretty much nailed it here as did Ken Camp.

What’s really here?…and more importantly, is anyone going to use a platform which is:

1) Pricier?

2) One way calling?

3) May not be there in six months?

Over the past 18 months the entire Voice team at AOL has been cut layer by layer and dismantled. Their mobile group also.

What’s more, before that AOL made a big deal about the Vonage/CallVantage Competitor (whatever it was called) then canned that, leavingcustomers hanging. Why? Could it have been Time Warner Cable. Rumor has it they didn’t want AOL to have a major voice play and guess what?

TWC looks like they have won that battle as the triple play only helped inflate their revenues.

So now at a time when TWC is being spun out someone says "oh, now we can launch voice again because they are no longer our big brother."

Caring about SIP and developers? I don’t think so. If there isn’t an advertisement in the window, AOL/TimeWarner can care less. It’s that simple.

AOL had the opportunity, the platform and the people. Now all they have is a bunch of code, some infrastructure and a team that’s hanging on to keep their jobs or have something to put on their resume.

Alec and Bill Volk have both heard the promises,,,,what has been delivered? ????

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

Alec gets up to bat and swings a heavy club this morning as he lays out his perspective based on experience of working with AOL and their now apparently defunct AIM PhoneLine developer program.

His event by event account isn’t a pretty picture and should be noticed.

It should make for an interesting Sqawk Box today.

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Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

AOL is making noise about releasing API’s for voice with OPEN AIM and their desire to work with developer.

I wonder what developers who have worked with AIM PhoneLine have to say about that?

So far the announcement applies to AIM Call Out. One reason is that AIM Phone Line is pretty much dead and AOL doesn’t want to be in the inbound call handling market it would seem.

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

AOL has launched Open AIM 2.0, an update to the API and SDK the company provided to third-party instant messaging developers who write clients and services for use with AOL’s AIM network. But initial reactions are that the provided libraries come with restrictions which make them unsuitable for use in most open source clients. Read the press release, and see for yourself.
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