There are companies looking to buy ICQ? Seriously?

A number of companies are pursuing AOL's ICQ instant messaging product, we're hearing. Russian press is saying DST (a recent Facebook investor) is talking about buying the service. Our sources say they're a relatively new bidder to the process, and others continue to show interest. One of those interested parties is Google. Another, at least at one point, was Skype.

I remember bailing on ICQ years ago when every single chat request coming in seemed to be spam. Is anyone still using ICQ as a primary, or even secondary IM system?

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