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Macromedia Partners with AOL to Create IM Software

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2003 - 7:15am.
San Francisco -- America Online has partnered with San Francisco-based Web publishing software firm Macromedia to develop technology that programmers can use to create software for AOL's instant messaging platform. Macromedia, best known as the developer of Flash animation technology, also is the creator of Macromedia Central, a program that lets users interact with information and software delivered over the Internet. Through the partnership, the companies have opened the door for potentially hundreds of thousands of Flash developers to build applications that incorporate IM features. "This partnership opens the door for developers to build applications that add context through online forums such as discussion groups, virtual classrooms, and multi-party chat," said Kevin Lynch, the chief software architect at Macromedia. AOL's instant messaging network supports over 1 billion messages a day and over 50 million active users each month.
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