Microsoft Is The Latest IM To Block Trillian
from the we-need-interoperability... dept
Every time I post a story here about IM interoperability (or the lack of it), someone yells at me for not knowing about Trillian. I know about Trillian. I also remember how AOL spent plenty of time trying to block Trillian from working with AIM, until they finally came to some sort of truce. So, Trillian is not the solution. For example, MSN is getting ready to upgrade their IM product and have warned Trillian users that the product will no longer work with MS Messenger. So, while it's likely that some sort of deal will be worked out by the time the product actually launches, folks using products like Trillian are constantly at the mercy of AOL, Yahoo, and Microsoft. If there were an IM interoperability standard that everyone agreed to, then this wouldn't matter.
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Say La Vie MSN ...
I refuse to be bullied into using multiple chat clients ... the vast majority of my contacts do not use MSN Messenger because it is far too intrusive anyhow ...
This is the equivilent of theoretically having to have multiple telephones because the telcom industry doesn't want to work together.
MSN Messenger blows ...
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No Subject Given
Choose not to use MSN or any of the other " big 3 " that plays unfair and eventually a standard will have to occur.
I'm sticking with Trillian.
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New Improved MSN Messenger
They noticed that the EULA for the new version of MSN Messenger has some interesting clauses:
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I'm upset by this
Microsoft has dropped all support for Sidewinder game products, which has been no problem up until now, but it pisses me off that they're drawing the line between v4.6 and v4.7, as that leaves us in a lurch.
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No Subject Given
If you've got any sense you'll use ICQ with it's encryption abilities and a reasonably "open" protocol.
Trillian is still the best IM client for Windows though.
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Re: New Improved MSN Messenger
Knowledge IS power !
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Re: I'm upset by this
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