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Originally posted by mikelc2
Microsoft has more money than you guys can imagine. Well most of you anyways. They most definatly can afford it. It's like a ilttle nic in thier budget.

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It's a big company with lots of products, services, and employees. Wouldn't it be normal for them to have lots of money?

And just because Microsoft has lots of money overall doesn't mean that the department in charge of MSN Messenger has lots of money.

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Originally posted by mikelc2
Microsoft has more money than you guys can imagine. Well most of you anyways. They most definatly can afford it. It's like a ilttle nic in thier budget.

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yeah, maybe they have lots of money but that doesnt mean u can steal it from them..

I suppose. But a lot of factors come in on that accusation. My main assumption is that we are paying for our operating systesm (quite exspensive) should'ne we recieve this service back for the considerable amount we are spending.

The third party companies using microsoft bandwidth should get shut down, because yes, that is stealing. But 90% of all computers have windows on them, i don't see why they want to start charging if we are already paying for thier operating system. It makes them sound money hungry.

The whole thing about Child Porn, microsoft can stop that, and they CAN ban users who are doing that, but they don't. The whole child porn thing does need to stop. But we can't stop a mindless siccos. There is nothing we can do, and breaking into thier computer to find this out would be a privacy violation or "invasion of privacy".

Anyways, moy point is, almost everyone who owns a computer, buys one of micrsofts products. It's like buyign something from an eye doctors office. You pay a lot of mone yfor your galses, but if they break, you can bring them in any time and have them fixed. Same goes for this, in a way, just a diferent perspective. We buy thier products, and they should give us this popular service. Hotmail is overused though i think. There are millions of users who have 1-5 hotmail accounts. If they were to shut hotmail down, i would be at no loss, because i have no care for it. I don't like using hotmail because of the junkmail factor.

Yes i drift off quite a bit, but do you see my pouint?

I completely agree with what u say about everyone buying M$ stuff. They are a big company, yes. they get lots of moneey, yes... the fact is, u dont get the right to steal it from them they earns it, its their money

I am starting to think people are getting confused about M$'s statement.  They aren't going to associate a charge with using MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger.  They are going to assess a charge to those who create 3rd Party clients (i.e. Trillian).

In other words, if you are using the MICROSOFT Instant Messaging products, you'll still get it for free.  Yes, I understand that they apparently vaguely worded something in their lasted EULA about the right to charge, but I really think they are referring to extra services.  The basic Instant Messaging stuff will probably always be free.

Go on.... nothing more too say

this is sorta off topic, but M$ are closing down there chat rooms, in case u hadnt heard

Patchou is right

who uses the chatrooms anyway ?

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Originally posted by volkl
this is sorta off topic, but M$ are closing down there chat rooms, in case u hadnt heard

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Iv been on those chat rooms before..  such a complete waste of time.. all you get are people with nothing better to do then spam crap and talk about.. lets just say things you wouldnt wanna hear.   Im not dissapointed.. but then again i dont really care.