Following-up yesturday's post :- As CNet's Stephanie Olsen reports, big banks begin to pressure IM companies to interoperate. The fact that customers take matters into their own hands shows how software companies have really screwed up with IM. It seems that this time around software companies have a real incentive - paying customers wanting the solution. The common standard will be good news for Groove.

The question is, how much AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo will be charging to let others IM with people on their networks.