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Jeff Hester
August 26, 2003
DeadAIM has long been one of the more popular add-ons for AOL Instant Messenger, offering tabbed messaging windows, logging, pop-up notification and other features.
Recently, DeadAIM’s developer, Jim Dennis, posted the following message in the DeadAIM support forums:
DeadAIM users,
Due to information that has been disclosed prematurely, it is necessary for JDennis.net to issue this statement and address recent issues regarding AOL.
AOL recognises the value that DeadAIM adds to AOL Instant Messenger and recently contacted JDennis.net to discuss how we could work together. Based on those discussions, DeadAIM and AOL have entered into a relationship and have agreed to work together on future projects.
What does that mean to you as a DeadAIM user? Well, at the moment it doesn’t mean much at all. What it does mean is that DeadAIM users can feel secure in the knowledge that AOL has no intention of mounting legal action against JDennis.net and that DeadAIM will not be sued out of existence. We hope that working closely with AOL will improve the credibility of JDennis.net Ltd while continuing to provide a top quality instant messaging experience for AIM users.
We are sure that many of you have questions but please understand that many of the details are as yet undecided and it is premature to share specifics at this time.
Thanks again for supporting DeadAIM!
It’s not really clear what this means, other than AOL “has no intention of taking legal action against JDennis.net…” In this sense, AOL seems to affirm the validity and utility of third-party IM add-ons as a viable and marketable product.
AOL has been trying to find ways to cash in on the hordes of IM users they claim between their ICQ and AIM networks. Advertising may help, but can they produce and market their own IM add-ons? Will people be willing to pay for extra AIM features? Judging by the ongoing success of products like DeadAIM and AIMutation, the answer is “YES!”
The cynic in me warns that AOL may simply wants to absorb DeadAIM so they aren’t an issue. Only time will tell what this means for DeadAIM and other third-party add-ons.
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