I too am surprised they took so long! Finally!
I've been using ICQ for years so far, and simply hate to install two messengers, but sometimes I had to.. Anyway it seems that only ICQ Lite (which I don't like, see below) is capable of linking to AOL accounts, am I right?

Personally, what I really like in ICQ is that you can have contacs "floating" when they come on line. This means very little space taken on the desktop, and ONLY when it is required; no horrible contact list on one side. That is all a really need from a messanger, plus file transfer and ability to be invisible some times. ICQ Lite, like all other messengers (AFAIK), does not have a "floating" feature...