Shoutbox

Hello,

if you got 5 minutes to spare and are interested about what's going on in the Messenger world, please go read the article I just posted at http://www.msgplus.net/index.php?view=news. It's about a recent news posted by mess.be about the fact that Microsoft is going to restrict its servers to authorized third party softwares only.

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Patchou

Whoa, you're actually on Microsoft's side......
It has become alien to read someone write in MS's favor.....
You keep amazing me again and again, Patchster......


By the way everyone, here is that article: http://www.instantmessagingplanet.com/public/arti...hp/11210_3073501_1

hey, i totaly agree with ya Patchou with what ya said (very long too ). like honsitly, where would we be with out microsoft makeing all these programs and so on?, i recan we would be alot ferther back then we r now, programing wise.  yer they've stuffed up sum stuff, but who doesnt?

I completely agree with u, as it would be nice to blame M$ as ever

When i first heard about this new, thanks to Mess.be, i thought it was another MS strategy to make money and all that, i really didn't care, but know that i have analysed it better, after reading your arguments i've noticed that theiy're not making money, they are jsut trying to stop "loosing it" in some way.

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you so that you give your pages faster [...] you're telling everybody in the subway that from now on, you are buying the newspaper for you and for you only

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I didnt know that...

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"if you want us to stop reading your newspaper, contact your lawyers. In our opinion, you can't force us to buy our own newspaper as you let us read it for free in the past 3 years".

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what a stupid argument

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how could some people dare beginning to say that this is a greedy act from Microsoft?

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I completely agree!

well, I never really thought about it like that, but I have to admit: you're actually right patchou!!

It's true that microsoft sometimes leaves bugs and security holes in their software that should have been fixed before their software is released, but it's also true that their software has major upsides: without microsoft MSN messenger wouldnt exist and Messenger Plus! wouldnt even exist!

and like patchou says, it's not fair to blame Microsoft when they do something like this, it is their every right and it's quite understandable why they would do something like that (thx to patchou's little storry )

BUT, if they will ask money for it ==> IT WILL STILL SUCK

conclusion: I would understand it if they did it, but I hope they wont ....

I'm not going to agree with who is right and wrong, because depending on which way you look at it no one is either.

Bare in mind some people have spent years and a lot of money having third party applications and it is understandable that they will be upset.

But I totally understand Patchous point as well.

aslong as it's free, do whatever the hell they want.  MSN 4.6 and below sucks anyways.  i don't think anyone uses it.  im converting my contact list to start using MSN messenger 6 anyways.  so doesn't effect my at all.

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Originally posted by lylesback
aslong as it's free, do whatever the hell they want.  MSN 4.6 and below sucks anyways.  i don't think anyone uses it.  im converting my contact list to start using MSN messenger 6 anyways.  so doesn't effect my at all.

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I dont understand this, is this an opinion about the users using it free? Kinda NIMBY approcach.

IMHO, any for profit enterprise who use MSN Messenger in their business should pay something...