There have been several interoperability trials to see if IM applications work with other presence platforms. Jonathan Rosenberg, chief scientist at Dynamicsoft, which provides a communications platform that allows developers to write voice and data applications, has participated. He said he's never seen AOL in attendance at the Simple demonstrations, while Microsoft has been an active participant. AOL's small-business play is through a Netscape project called NetBusiness. AOL is setting up templates for customers to design and operate e-business Web sites, using the Netscape back end.
Instant messaging is part of that program.
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