kclune | Hi everyone, and welcome. |
jmpld40 | Hi Edwin |
zhaofu(do_ob) | Hi AOL stuffs ... I'd like to know which factor AOL do give more importance: degree or experience? |
Peterpay | hi aol guys |
AOL_Duke | hello |
zhaofu(do_ob) | Say one guy has MS and another guy has more experience, which one would AOL give offer ? |
Olexiy | hello! |
AOL_Edwin | zhaofu(do_ob): Hi zhaofu, that's a great question. In general, it varies on the level and the kind of work |
AOL_David | we value both degrees and experience, but we really focus on expertise and contribution |
Peterpay | which is prefered development tools and programming languages there in AOL? |
tyrannus | what is AOL's top research interest right now? |
AOL_Edwin | zhaofu(do_ob): Degrees are certainly important, but there's a lot of difference between what you can learn in school and what you learn in the field. |
AOL_Edwin | Peterpay: We've got a lot of development in many different languages at AOL |
AOL_Edwin | Peterpay: We just launched a beta of our product Ficlets (www.ficlets.com), which was built on Ruby on Rails. |
AOL_Edwin | Peterpay: Other development takes place using C, C++, C#, Java, you name it. It's really all about using the right tools for the job |
n_i_r_a_n_j_a_n | Hello Edwin, what kind of work is done at your Bangalore office |
AOL_David | we also have a lot of J2EE, and Ajax |
modenl | Does AOL use .net/c# stuff? |
AOL_Edwin | modenl: We do have some projects using .net and C# |
vanessa | AOL_Edwin: is there any link to the AOL's career page? |
zdravko_b | where do you have offfices in Europe? |
AOL_Edwin | modenl: It's not a huge percentage of our complex yet, but the teams that use it swear by it. Again, as I was saying to Peterpay earlier, it's all about using the right tool for the job |
AOL_David | you can apply for AOL jobs at http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tco07&d3=sponsorspatrons&d4=aol |
Peterpay | where do you have dev centers? |
rusolis | what do programmers in AOL work on? Is it mostly internet technologies or other fields, like system programming? |
vanessa | AOL_David: thanks |
AOL_David | there are a lot of system programmers working in our infrastructure groups |
modenl | AOL_Edwin: May I apply position mainly using c#/.net? |
AOL_Edwin | zdravko_b: We've got development offices in Europe in the UK, France, and Germany, and other smaller offices in other countries throughout the EU. |
zhaofu(do_ob) | And does AOL allow its employee pursuing a MS degree when he is in a full-time role? if so, how AOL gives its employee facilities? |
AOL_David | we have a lot of AOL employees seeking advanced degrees |
AOL_Edwin | rusolis: Well, we're mostly an internet company, of course, so that's our bias. But we have, in the past, had to do work at lower levels in order to support the delopyment and development of products at scale. |
jayaskren | Is the ficlets website down or is just me? |
kevintao | I have a stupid question: does AOL stand for America On-Line, and if it does, why? AOL is a global company, right? |
AOL_Edwin | rusolis: Admittedly we have to do less of that now, since there's more people doing high scale, Internet development, and the tools are better than there once were. |
tyrannus | jayaskren: just you i think |
AOL_Edwin | kevintao: Actually, AOL changed its name last year to.. just AOL. |
kevintao | oh haha |
AOL_Edwin | kevintao: It no longer is an abbrevation for anything. |
AOL_David | also AOL provides very generous tuition reimbursement for work-related fields |
zdravko_b | AOL_Edwin: do you offer internships in Europe? |
Peterpay | AOL_Edwin: how is aol being part in the real world development, i mean ive seen aim and other stuff you but what is the biggest project or technology that your working for? |
kevintao | thanks edwin :) |
AOL_Edwin | Ficlets seems to be working for me. |
rusolis | do you offer jobs related to artificial intelligence? |
Peterpay | AOL_Edwin: i mean now technology is based in a SOA approach, is aol making something simmilar |
AOL_Edwin | zdravko_b: I don't have a list of our internship opportunities at the moment, but take a look at the link that David put in earlier for job openings and to apply. |
aayush | AOL_Edwin: are there internships for undergrad students in your bangalore office |
AOL_David | we have some AI expertise on our search team |
AOL_Edwin | Peterpay: If the question is whether or not we are taking a services approach, the answer is absolutely. |
AOL_Edwin | Peterpay: You can see some of that, even from the outside, with our AIM developer program. I believe Greg Cypes was in a chat room just a little while ago talking about that, where you can take AIM and mash it up with your own apps and services |
srele | topic here is Development in the real world? |
kclune | AOL_Edwin: perhaps you can give the folks an idea of some of the things you are working on, so we can try to focus this chat session into the cool things AOL has to offer the TC member base. |
AOL_Edwin | Peterpay: And we've also recently announced our support for OpenID, a distributed identity management system, so we're definitely looking at a component model for the way that we build and release our applications. |
srele | ok, one question, is Aspect Oriented Programming used for "real" world applications? |
AOL_Edwin | Peterpay: dev.aol.com has a full list of the services that we offer to developers today. |
AOL_David | we're currently using aspect oriented programming in developing our billing and customer care applications |
Peterpay | AOL_Edwin: thanks for the info |
srele | I see that some changes in way people write programms are coming - Orcas for example will "mainstream" FP (and it exists from 60's) |
zdravko_b | AOL_Edwin: thanks, another one - I see AOL sponsors SRM, interested in good algorithm coders, but isn't a design/development rating more important when desiding to offer a position to someone? |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: Well, kclue, that's an interesting question. As a bit of background, I've been with the company for just over 10 years, having started at Netscape working on next gen browser technologies. |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: Since then, I've worked on everything from AOL's IM and Mail products, to community and communications tools. |
AOL_David | zdravko_b: we're interested in good problem solvers with backgrounds in algorith or design/ development |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: Now, I oversee architecture and system design in a group that covers almost all of our web-basd aps. |
kclune | AOL_Edwin: That's awesome! |
kclune | AOL_Edwin: What are some of the web-based apps you're working on, and what would you be looking for from a TC member to join your group? |
AOL_Edwin | And the whole notion of real-world development I was referring to was not only trying to figure out how to take all of the technologies that you guys are talking about and bringing them in, but also making sure that what we build reflects the realities |
zdravko_b | AOL_David: So, how does it happen, you choose among the people with the best results who agreed to be approached for a position? |
AOL_Duke | Edwin...What do you see as the realities in the Web 2.0 world |
AOL_Edwin | of the development world. APIs and mashups are a prime example of that, something that wouldn't have been on the radar 2 or 3 years ago, but is central to what we do today. |
vlad_D | AOL_Nic: are there any internships at AOL for senior HS? |
AOL_David | zdravko_b: we evaluate interested parties on rating, skill fit for the role, and place a strong emphasis on soft skills and problem solving |
rusolis | What does AOL have to offer to coders with an algorithms background? Are any specific positions for which you are seeking people from SRMs? |
srele | what about OpenLaszlo? do you think it can match Flex2? |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: Well, looking out of my office here, a couple of the products that are right here on my floor include work on our Pictures product (pictures.aol.com) and Uncut Video (www.uncutvideo.com). |
AOL_David | vlad_D: we occasionally have high school seniors as interns if they have applicable technical skills |
AOL_Nic | vlad_D: we do have an intership program at AOL |
vlad_D | AOL_Nic: so where can i find more information on this? |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: There's a lot of work there in front-end design (e.g., AJAX and DHTMl technologies) as well as with backend work for storage, data and image compression, media transcoding, etc. |
AOL_Nic | vlad_D: vl |
AOL_David | vlad_D: all of our internships opps are posted on the link i provided earlier |
AOL_Edwin | srele: Some of our groups have looked at OpenLaszlo, and it's certainly interesting. Obviously Adobe is making a big push with Flex. |
AOL_Nic | vlad_D: one of the other AOLers here can provide the details |
Peterpay | AOL_David: what are u looking for in TC members for webtools development |
Peterpay | AOL_David: positions |
kclune | anyone interested in either a full time or internship opportunity with AOL should go here: |
AOL_Edwin | srele: We generally do trials with the various new technologies to see how they apply; for us, where a lof of the technologies fall down is in performance and scaling. |
kclune | http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tco07&d3=sponsorspatrons&d4=aolOpps |
srele | AOL_Edwin: I plan to invest some time in exploring laszlo -> really looks interesting (flex2, but I'm not sure about licenses) |
vlad_D | AOL_David: can you post the link again beacuase i wasn't in room at that time |
kclune | vlad_D: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tco07&d3=sponsorspatrons&d4=aolOpps |
vlad_D | kclune: thanks |
AOL_Edwin | We also do a lot of work (not specifically related to the Flex/Laszlo question) with the Dojo Project |
srele | AOL_Edwin: unfortunately, laszlo is somewhat slow :/ but, they have some good caching I think ... |
AOL_Edwin | and we have a number of applications that are deployed using that framework. |
AOL_Edwin | srele: Yeah, as I said, one of the issues with many of these frameworks is performance - not only for users, which is a big deal for us, but also in terms of how many users you can get on a box. |
jayaskren | what kind of work do you do in artificial intelligence? |
AOL_David | Peterpay: we look for good programming/ problem solving, ability to see the overall framework, and to work well in a team environment |
AOL_Edwin | srele: Not all of our apps are gigantic, of course, but the ones that are, really are. Our webmail application, for example does tens of millions of daily sessions. |
AOL_Edwin | srele: So even small performance and scaling issues become large ones for us. |
srele | AOL_Edwin: right, so what do you prefer for large scale RIA ? Ajax? |
srele | AOL_Edwin: (I mean with no slow frameworks behind) |
AOL_Edwin | jayaskren: What branch of AI are you thinking of? We do a lot of work in image processing, some work in semantic and content analysis (although that's more IR than AI), but not quite so much in other areas like NLP or "raw" AI |
jayaskren | msg:AOL_Edwin My backgroud is Computational Linguistics, so I'm interested in NLP, IR Semantics, Content Analysis. |
zhaofu(do_ob) | Generally, do US companies give a offer in US to who does not reside in US ? |
zhaofu(do_ob) | an* offer |
jayaskren | AOL_Edwin: Oops This is my first time using this interface. |
AOL_Edwin | srele: That depends a bit on the app. As I mentioned, we do a lot with Dojo. Our recent webmail beta (beta.webmail.aol.com) is a Dojo-based product. Others of our apps use "raw" AJAX or AJAX-like technologies, combined with various front-end tricks to |
AOL_Edwin | srele: higher perceived performance. |
AOL_David | zhaofu(do_ob): it's hard to make a generalization, but we would be open to considering people from outside the States |
AOL_Edwin | srele: At the same time, there's a lot of work on the back end as well. |
AOL_Edwin | srele: The more connections you have to make, the more state you have to keep, all of that adds up. And, in keeping with the "real world" theme, sometimes you have to do things that are not as elegant in order to eke performance out of it. |
zhaofu(do_ob) | hmmmm ... I see |
srele | AOL_Edwin: good, right now I'm studying dojo (on javapassion.com), so I'm a little bit more sure that I'm not wasting my time ;) |
AOL_Edwin | jayaskren: Jayaskren, David had a link t our jobs earlier, but definitely semantic analysis and content categorization are areas that we do have interest in. As David mentioned, it's ahrd to make generalizations, but do take a look there. |
gdiego | hey there, where do you have offices? |
gdiego | apart from USA :D |
AOL_Edwin | srele: Yes, we like Dojo quite a bit. We've contributed some code and hosting to the project as well, and, since it's open source, we certainly encourage you to go and give them a lok. |
AOL_Edwin | srele: er, look ;-) |
AOL_David | gdiego: our int'l offices are in london, paris, germany, and bangalore |
srele | AOL_Edwin: great ;) |
gdiego | idnotfound: hey there |
AOL_Nic | vlad_D: we have Dublin too |
gdiego | AOL_David: how do I apply for an intern... aswering yes in registration is enough ? |
AOL_Edwin | Welcome to all of the folks that just joined us. |
gdiego | AOL_David: :) |
coolviki | Do you have openings for socket programmers?? |
vlad_D | AOL_Nic: yes, but i cant really find any info in internships |
AOL_David | gdiego: that's right- simply apply for the jobs and we will consider you |
AOL_David | gdiego: the link again is http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tco07&d3=sponsorspatrons&d4=aol |
AOL_David | vlad_D: try searching on the job title Intern |
gdiego | and what are AOL requirements? |
gdiego | yellow in topcoder is fine :) ? |
sohelH | so for countries in the indian subcontinent, we should apply for bangalore? |
coolviki | Do you have openings for socket programmers in your banglore centre? |
vlad_D | AOL_David: for HS senior internship is requiered to be 18? |
AOL_David | vlad_D: that's correct |
AOL_Duke | AOL_Edwin: Since we have a lot of new folks, tell us again about "real world" challenges |
AOL_Edwin | coolviki: As I mentioned, we tend to (have to) do less lower level work these days, since there's more base technology that supports highly scalable applications. |
AOL_Edwin | coolviki: But the link that David sent out, I believe, includes the application process for jobs worldwide. |
AOL_Edwin | Thanks for keeping me honest, Duke :-) Sure thing. |
zhaofu(do_ob) | how does AOL evaluate its candidate? Recently, I did an interview with Google, and I'd like to know if AOL has a similar evaluate process ... thanks |
AOL_David | sohelH: that's correct- we're consolidating our development in India to Bangalore |
AOL_Edwin | What I mean when we talk about real world application is the idea that engineering is kind of both art and science. |
gdiego | zhaofu(do_ob): you were in GCJLA? |
AOL_Edwin | And sometimes you need to know when to bend or break the rules in order to deliver the experience you want. |
zhaofu(do_ob) | gdiego: yes I did |
AOL_David | zhaofu(do_ob): we do not have the formal testing requirement as google, just a series of technical and personal interviews |
AOL_Edwin | that might mean doing something that's a little less elegant in order to get a performance gain. |
sohelH | AOL_David: I am from Bangladesh, so I should apply for bangalore, right? |
AOL_Edwin | Or it might mean developing something brand new to address a market opportuinty that's out there. |
AOL_David | sohelH: sure, or it's also possible to apply for US based roles |
gdiego | I am from Argentina, you will consider me anyway ? |
zhaofu(do_ob) | AOL_David: including some puzzle questions? |
srele | OK I have one original proposal - do you need a philosopher in AOL? I will work for food and water :D :D :D |
AOL_Edwin | zhaofu(do_ob): Individual interviewers might choose to ask some technical questions, including puzzles, but it's not a standard part of our process. |
AOL_David | gdiego: sure, we'd consider good coders from anywhere in the world |
srele | There is nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya' about Web 2.0 ! |
AOL_David | zhaofu(do_ob): not necessarily- puzzles don't always indicate experience with real world issues |
AOL_Edwin | srele: Well, Srele, in addition to my engineering degree, I also have a degree in Sociology, so it's definitely the case that the humanities can be important. |
gdiego | how is the interview process |
srele | AOL_Edwin: I'm impressed! I plan to study Philosophy after I finish CS. |
gdiego | if I am in a country |
gdiego | that you dont have offices in |
gdiego | by phone? |
gdiego | chat? |
AOL_Edwin | srele: In addition to technical skills, other things we look for in our candidates are communications skills, ability to work well in teams, and a desire to learn and grow. |
AOL_David | gdiego: we'd definitely start with phone |
srele | AOL_Edwin: as Engels would said, with words of Donald Knuth: "premature specialization is the root of all evil" ;) |
kclune | AOL_Edwin: Are there any specific technical skills you're looking for? |
AOL_Edwin | srele: On the technical front, we obviously look for strong coders, but just as important are the ability to understand a problem (sometimes asking the right question is more important than coming up with the right answer to the wrong question), debugging |
AOL_Edwin | srele: and strong design skills - in short, a lot of the things that you're practicing here in the TC challenges. |
srele | AOL_Edwin: nah, I'm just a small fish for you, but I enjoy the chat (very informative ATM) ;) |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: We do a lot of work on the web, of course, so we like to see various front end technologies. |
n_i_r_a_n_j_a_n | Does having a good record in TC give me any added advantage |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: Knowledge of AJAX, and familiarity with environments like J2EE, or Struts/Springs/Ruby/etc. is definitely aplus. |
srele | AOL_Edwin: I can't really say that I'm proud with my TC score XD |
AOL_Edwin | n_i_r_a_n_j_a_n: I think having a good record in TC shows that you have a lot of the skills we look for, though, there's obviusly no magic formula ;-) |
sohelH | what do you usually test in the interviews? |
sohelH | :D |
coolviki | Do you hire system programmers?? |
AOL_Nic | AOL_Edwin: Do you know any of the technologies that the AOL subsiduary ad.com uses? |
AOL_Edwin | sohelH: As David said earlier, we don't generally have any formal testing requirement in our intervies. |
AOL_David | ohelH: our interviews aren't really tests per se, but we look for good coding skills, problem solving skills and interpersonal skills |
AOL_Edwin | sohelH: Although some individual interviewers will ask candidates to solve problems. |
srele | AOL_Edwin: but lets say that you like me (for some weird reason) => but I'm from far away => is it possible to Telecommute? |
gdiego | are you reading all resumes sent or just the ones that do well in this round :-)? |
sohelH | if you want to test problem solving skills, then you are in the right place :) |
AOL_David | coolviki: we are currently hiring systems programmers in for our network tools team |
AOL_Edwin | AOL_Nic: Sure thing, Nic, Ad.com has two components, really. One is strong analytical skills. |
AOL_Edwin | AOL_Nic: These include things like algorithmic work, content analysis, etc. |
AOL_Edwin | AOL_Nic: that drive the algorithmic engine that powers the Ad.com placement engine. |
AOL_David | gdiego: we look at every resume. regardless of score |
zhaofu(do_ob) | gdiego: did you do interview with google ? |
AOL_Edwin | AOL_Nic: Of course we also need people that take those analytical models and translate them to production-quality code. |
gdiego | zhaofu(do_ob): yeah, I was in GCJLA in brazil |
gdiego | zhaofu(do_ob): but they didnt send the feedback yet |
AOL_Edwin | AOL_Nic: Ad.com, like the rest of AOL, uses a variety of tools; everything from Perl, Python and C, to more recently, C# and .net. |
gdiego | zhaofu(do_ob): so cant tell you how I did lol |
zhaofu(do_ob) | gdiego: you were tending full-time or inter? |
gdiego | zhaofu(do_ob): intern |
gdiego | zhaofu(do_ob): you? |
gdiego | zhaofu(do_ob): got feedback ? |
coolviki | What kind of system programmers you are looking for your network tools development?? |
zhaofu(do_ob) | gdiego: I was tending full-time .. |
KunalKumar | AOL_Edwin: nothing with java? |
kclune | AOL_Edwin: Since you've been with AOL for so long, I'm sure you had the opportunity to work for other companies, why have you stayed there, and why should TC members seriously consider AOL instead of say, Google, or Yahoo? |
zhaofu(do_ob) | gdiego: and they told me they will interview with me when I almost terminate my degree (2008) |
AOL_David | coolviki: our systems programmers have a lot of lattitude to use the best tool for the job |
AOL_Edwin | KunalKumar: Oh, right, of course. yes, Java as well. How could I forget ;-) |
coolviki | i mean the technology..?? |
zhaofu(do_ob) | gdiego: did they give you a lot of puzzles ? |
gdiego | zhaofu(do_ob): nah |
gdiego | zhaofu(do_ob): but I really cant tell the questions |
AOL_David | coolviki: this often includes, perl, shell scripting, php, mysql, ruby on rails, berkelydb, or whatever you feel comfortable with |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: Ah, that's a great question. You know, one of the things I really enjoy about the work that I do is that it's a great way to bring technology to people. |
gdiego | zhaofu(do_ob): Non Disc. Agreement |
gdiego | zhaofu(do_ob): hehehe |
KunalKumar | AOL_Edwin: I have submitted my resume and looking forward to hear from you.. |
zhaofu(do_ob) | gdiego: sure ... I understand :) |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: Yahoo! and Google have great technical staffs, too, of course, but I think one of the things that's great about AOL is our heritage of bringing technology to people who wouldn't necessarily otherwise get it. |
KunalKumar | AOL_Edwin: like for example |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: The opportunity to work on something like AIM, which proceses billions of messages a day, and to know that there are real people and real connections out there is great. |
KunalKumar | AOL_Edwin: oh.right |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: Plus, I get a lot of satisfaction out of proving people wrong about their perceptions of AOL :-) |
coolviki | AIM?? |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: When we announced OpenID support last month, ahead of MS, Yahoo!, and Google, I think it was an example of how we're changing the company and changing how the technical community sees what we're doing. |
AOL_David | coolviki: aol Instant Messager= AIM |
AOL_Duke | That's right Edwin. There are so many folks that still associate us with just bing an ISP |
AOL_Edwin | kclune: We've got a lot of smart people and a lot of great history, and I'm proud to be part of taking that to our new phase. |
AOL_Edwin | coolviki: Yup, AIM = AOL Instant Messenger. Also the backend engine behind Apple's iChat product. |
AOL_Nic | AOL_Edwin: can you talk to the innovation that occurred to make openID available? |
kclune | AOL_Edwin: That's great. Thanks. |
AOL_Edwin | (that should have been "next phase," not "new phase") :-) |
AOL_Edwin | AOL_Nic: Well, a little. And I should say that there are a lot of great folks that made that happen, not me. |
coolviki | In Win98 AOL is shipped along with it . now it is not so am i right?? |
kclune | AOL_Edwin: once again, since people will be starting to leave to join the SRM, if you are interested in applying to an great career opportunity with AOL, please go here: |
kclune | AOL_Edwin: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tco07&d3=sponsorspatrons&d4=aolOpps |
AOL_Edwin | AOL_Nic: but when our engineers first learned about OpenID, they were excited by the possibility of allowing our members to use their identities wherever they went, without having to go through and register and |
AOL_Edwin | AOL_Nic: sign up for new identities. |
BatusaiX | AOL_Edwin: About the Desktop OS did u used GNU/Linux or just Windows ? |
gdiego | do you help people getting visa for USA ? |
srele | one more technology question - Postgresql - opinions? |
gdiego | if given a job? |
AOL_David | coolviki: that's true, but we're a lot less focused on the AOL Client than on building our web based portals |
AOL_Edwin | AOL_Nic: So we set out to work with the people of the OpenId community to launch support as an OpenID referring provider (aka, an identity provider). Our support for consuming OpenID identiies is still in the works. |
zzsheng85 | is there any internship in the summer? |
AOL_David | gdiego: we would assist with a visa for our hires |
AOL_Edwin | AOL_Nic: But basically, it was a bunch of engineers who saw an opportunity and were able to update our backend infrastructure to support it. It all happenned in a few months |
AOL_David | zzsheng85: we do have a number of summer internship opportunities |
AOL_Edwin | BatusaiX: We have a lot of people that use Windows, of course, some that use Unix, and I, for example, am talking to you from Mac OS X. |
AOL_Edwin | BatusaiX: Again, it's all about the right tools for the job. |
BatusaiX | AOL_Edwin: cool :D |
zzsheng85 | is there any details about how to apply. Thanks |
AOL_Edwin | Before we lose any more folks, I would like to say thanks to all of you who've participated, and to the admins and my colleagues as well. |
kclune | zzsheng85: please go here: |
kclune | zzsheng85: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tco07&d3=sponsorspatrons&d4=aolOpps |
AOL_David | BatusaiX: our developers can use windows, mac or linux desktops |
srele | youuuu welcomeeee :) |
nitdgp | sre summer internships in india also? |
AOL_Edwin | srele: You know, I don't have a whole lot of experience with postresql, although I know some of our DBAs are looking at it, as they look at a lot of database technologies. |
mike | thanks to all the AOL reps! |
coolviki | i am from india and i have never seen anyone including me using AIM..?? why is it so ?? GoogleTalk MSN yahoo are the most comman used here?? |
jmpld40 | AOL_Edwin: Thank you Edwin |
gdiego | thx |
jmpld40 | Thanks AOL |
coolviki | is India not a market for AOL?? |
AOL_Edwin | srele: But as far as DBs are concerned; we've got the full gamut here, depending on the needs of individual products and the team: Sybase, Oracle, MySQL, etc. |
AOL_Edwin | coolviki: India is a market for us, but the choice of messaging clients is dependent a lot of the time on the one that you started with. |
kclune | those just joining for the last hurrah, if you are interested in a great career opportunity with AOL, please apply here: |
kclune | http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tco07&d3=sponsorspatrons&d4=aolOpps |
AOL_David | coolviki: india is certainly a market for AOL, in fact we're launching an India-specific portal this year |
AOL_Nic | AOL_Edwin: some of you may be familiar with ICQ, which is an AOL Subsiduary |
Drizzlecrj | ft |
AOL_Edwin | coolviki: MSN in particular is very strong in India and some parts of Europe; Yahoo in Japan and Asia; and ICQ in other parts of the wordl. |
AOL_Duke | If you missed all of Edwin's chat, the full text will be available on the TopCoder site.. |
AOL_Edwin | coolviki: AIM has over a hundred million registered users worldwide, including a whole bunch of iChat (mac.com) users, so we certainly have our hands full regardless :-) |
AOL_Edwin | Great. Transcripts with typos and all :-) |
AOL_Edwin | Thanks everyone, and good night. |
kclune | Thanks guys, we really appreciate your help in the chat. |
coolviki | yes MSN is provides my online status to my friends list in their outlook.. |
kclune | Good luck everyone in the arena. |
AOL_David | thanks to all of you for joining us! |
AOL_Nic | Good Luck :-) |
Eldred | kclune: 30 sec |
AOL_Duke | we are going to have to get an Edwin encore performance |