If Patchou made his own Messenger like with his own server and with his own total way of a messaging peice of software would you use it?

I think with all the knowledge he has, and all the creativity from him and other people in this forum I think he could do it!!!

I sure know I would use it with the quality of work he puts into his work......

All I got to say is that HOW TO MAKE IT POPULAR ?

I think it is almost impossible to beat MSN messenger.

Well Might I add 4 MILLION PEOPL USE MSN MESSENGER PLUS, and its growing soo fast especially with his new version of Messenger Plus 3!! There is no problem for popularity!

The people are looking for change, looking for a stable peice of software and s erver that wont go down every three days! I think Patchou can provide us with great service!

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Originally posted by Chakotay2003
All I got to say is that HOW TO MAKE IT POPULAR ?

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Originally posted by Chakotay2003
I think it is almost impossible to beat MSN messenger.

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Originally posted by brianjdupuis
his own server

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Well imagine if everyone payed $1 Dollar!

$1 Dollar * 4 million ppl

and you would only pay once, yearly! Then he would have enough money to pay for all the things he needs. Also if you have major sponsors you wouldn't even need it. Also he has great dedication from some of his Administrators, Super Moderators, and elite memebers, so running it and mainting it wouldn't be a problem!

Patchou wouldn't write a widely spread illegal program, so unless he buys a license from MS to use the MSN-network/protocol, he can't use the MSN-network in his messenger and thus needs to set up a different network. And thus I can't contact my friends who use MSN Messenger anymore, and thus: no

If he will buy the license, (and this means we will pay for it also) then maybe. It depends on how good it is

all hypothetic of course

Well People need a change and i'm hearing it from a lot of people who are fed up with Msn Messenger, and NO he doesn't have to do anything with Microsoft he would make his own peice of software that has nothing to do with Microsoft at all! I think patchou can do it.

I thought people would be happy when I brought this idea up, and encourage Patchou to do such a thing, It was just an idea....

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Originally posted by brianjdupuis
Well People need a change and i'm hearing it from a lot of people who are fed up with Msn Messenger, and NO he doesn't have to do anything with Microsoft he would make his own peice of software that has nothing to do with Microsoft at all! I think patchou can do it.

I thought people would be happy when I brought this idea up, and encourage Patchou to do such a thing, It was just an idea....

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Well how do you think you contact your friends on ICQ when your using Msn and only have Msn on!!! People will swtich over slowly, with a good peice of software and great service it will work. PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH MICROSOFT I KNOW I AM!!! If patchou came up with something like this I would switch in a second.

Ps: I'm only talking about the messaging software! Excluding Hotmail and all that other Microsoft crap lol

The name could be called: Patchou Plus Messenger!! I like the name took me awhile to think of haha

Hopefully get enough people to vote, and to get the hint across to patchou to do this!!

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Originally posted by brianjdupuis
$1 Dollar * 4 million ppl

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Well if patchou made his own software and then he can have all those Great features in Messenger Plus now into his own Messenger software!

Here is a small example what Patcho could do!! and yes I know the screenshot isn't the greatest at all!! lol But it's just to give an idea to those small brain people out there to see what it might look like LOL

That looks worse than MSN Messenger, with no new features.

Now that the GUI is made, let's see a few thousand lines of example C++ code for this new messenger...

Seriously, this project would be way too complex.

why bother when he can just make a legal program to improve MSN Messenger, which is not only alot easier, but alot cheaper ...

EDIT: lmfao @ that pic, i agree with dz on the thing

that's the crappiest thing ever!

If patchou would do it ok I would use it i guess.
But stil it ain't easy and hasn't got a lot of use.
Patchou has made a great program with plus! and that's enough. Who needs another messenger? There are a huge number of messengers all with a big company behind it and lot's of people working on it. An example who in hell uses Bravenet Messenger? Almost nobody. That's what would happen if Patchou made a messenger, who needs a new messenger? Everybody uses MSN or ICQ and others like that. It costs a lot an has totaly no use.

Your idea just sucks

If Patchou made his own Messenger service, his workload would increase many times. He is already working on Plus as much as possible. Plus is only as good as it is, because a lot of work is already done for Patchou by Microsoft. It would be a near impossible undertaking for just one man to do it all.

Also as stated before, there would be very few people actually using it. I wonder, what real problems do you have with Microsoft and MSN Messenger as it currently stands?

I think he only has a problem with it going down, a lot which doesnt really.

However, wouldnt it be really cool if someone made a p2p messenger service.

It could be like KaZaA sorta, ppl with fast computers and internet connections become servers, they search for servers and connect to them, and so all of the servers are connected together.
Then when u connect, u only search for one server, and u get connected to that server, and to see if sum1 is online, u just send a message  to ur server, which relays the search accross all of the other servers.

Far fetched, time consuming, bandwidth consuming, i know. However it would be sooooo coooool

I think the idea of a plus messenger would be cool, although time-consuming, expensive and pointless(we have msn, why do we need plus messnger).
However, i would download a plus messenger if it could connect to msn and have it's own plus network. For example plus features disabled on it's msn(because anyone with plus would have the messenger).
P2P wouldn't be a bad idea. But IF he makes his own network what would stop that from going down? A dedicated support team?

It's very difficult to decide. I won't force him to do it, but if he makes one, i'll be like !WAHEY!

You cant force a man, who putshis heart and soul into making something for an income. We're not his boss, we are the customer's. How many other people do you know that do something when the money doesnt come first?

it would be piss in vb

well if u connected to the msn server
* Stigmata thinks of something on msn fanatic

p2p messenger
if you know vb. search www.pscode.com.......ive seen one on there before now

i doubt patchou will want to do this.....

but saying this he prob will


i dont see why you lot say its so difficult.........
hooking messenger is prob harder then making one

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Originally posted by jackass_wanabe
i dont see why you lot say its so difficult.........
hooking messenger is prob harder then making one

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Originally posted by jackass_wanabe
it would be piss in vb

well if u connected to the msn server
* jackass_wanabe thinks of something on msn fanatic


p2p messenger
if you know vb. search www.pscode.com.......ive seen one on there before now

i doubt patchou will want to do this.....

but saying this he prob will


i dont see why you lot say its so difficult.........
hooking messenger is prob harder then making one

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Well there's the new only certain programs can connect 'law' and i'm sure patchou wouldn't want to break that.

I'm not asking Patchou to break any laws or to even do this idea, I was just thinking if Patchou has a large server and he ran the messaging software himself. I think Patchou could do it and that the quality of product and service would be outstanding.

Only Postive feedback thank you!

the reason why msn messenger is so successful is because of the forced usage. they package it with windows, and use hotmail accounts. so basically if ppl want instant messaging, msn is the most accessible, so they use it. patchou is at a huge disadvantage, and in the long run, i dont think it would grow. the reason i use msn is cuz everyone uses it. otherwise i'd use icq.

thats why i use it

but u also got to think that people who dont like MSN messenger's features (it was so long ago i start installing addons in messenger i can remember what it did bofore) so they install addons in it will probly get the Plus! addon first so they will probly come to the Plus! website first and find the messenger program

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Originally posted by baggio4eva
the reason why msn messenger is so successful is because of the forced usage. they package it with windows, and use hotmail accounts. so basically if ppl want instant messaging, msn is the most accessible, so they use it.

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Originally posted by someone999
thats why i use it

but u also got to think that people who dont like MSN messenger's features (it was so long ago i start installing addons in messenger i can remember what it did bofore) so they install addons in it will probly get the Plus! addon first so they will probly come to the Plus! website first and find the messenger program

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Im voting no here because as i see it it would cost uncontrolable ammounts for Patchou. Also Plus! Wouldnt be the same if it was a standalone, its grown-up around messenger and doing that would mean alll the features where lost.

Again a further problem is people like programs that are welll known and are all offical, a second client wouldn't be so well accepted. And we wouldn't have our 4 Million

Anyway, in my mind bad idea

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they package it with windows, and use hotmail accounts. so basically if ppl want instant messaging, msn is the most accessible

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I voted no, because I know Patchou would never make his own messenger

so if ur boyfriend spent ages making a messenger, your wudnt even use it some girlfriend

its a hypothetical situation IF

i voted for yes and no

are you up for making a Messenger? lol