According to this WashingtonPost.com article Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) joined forces yesterday on the instant messaging front, allowing users of each system to communicate with each other and rivaling AOL's messaging system for the top spot.
Users of Yahoo Messenger and MSN's Windows Live Messenger -- the nation's second- and third-largest instant messaging service providers -- will be able to chat with friends on both services while logged on to either program. The partnership is a first among instant-messaging leaders trying to grab a bigger chunk of the substantial market and stay ahead of a number of start-up sites that allow users to chat on multiple services at once.
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