Shoutbox

We[*] have been invited to have a short brief chat and drink with some official MSN people[**] regarding MSN Messenger tomorrow (dec 7th).

So what would you like to ask them?

Please keep the questions civilized and a bit interesting though...
(thus not stuff of which the answer can be found by searching the various messenger related forums or something).

[*]
TB, Inky, juzzi, some others and me

[**]
Scott Swanson  => MSN Messenger Platform Planning Team (also know from the Messenger Activity API/SDK and its forum)
Todd Biggs => MSN Product Manager (also know from the Messenger Activity API/SDK and its forum)
Joost Bon => MSN Manager (Holland)

So that's why you're going to Amsterdam, nice!

Ask them to make be a WLM betatester, still haven't received any mail lol.

No real good questions come to mind tright now, but interesting, get a full report when you're back .

EDIT: Hmm, now that i mentioned beta testing. There used to be a seperate Dutch MSN Messenger betatesting site (MSN Group actually) in the 6.2 period. That one seems to have dissapeard, will it come back for WLM tests?

how about:

Why have they decided to change the name of a well known brand to something that sounds rubbish?

tell them to restrict the beta testing invites so leaked betas wouldn't go out to the public so easily..

Actually it's not the Dutch MSN Messenger team I think cookie. Scott Swanson & Todd Biggs will be there tomorrow, together with Joost Bon, who appears to be a manager of MSN Holland (not Messenger).
Anyway, I look forward to tomorrow!

Ask them if the API is going to get a decent update in WLM

How much money do they get to put into development for the product?

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Originally posted by Madman
Ask them if the API is going to get a decent update in WLM

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IMO, this is a very good and important question/request. I second it. And make sure they don't talk about the games and content stuff... (useless, IMO)

[offtopic]How about a mini-meeting in amsterdam while you are there[/offtopic]

Ask them to make a Light version without all the bloated stuff.

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Originally posted by Madman
Ask them if the API is going to get a decent update in WLM

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More specifically, API access to the personal message, setting the display name, hiding DPs, stuff like that. Maybe even an advanced API that exposes the protocol (read-only of course)?