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Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by riahc4 on 08-11-2008 at 09:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Inky

A few days we obtained the latest installer for Windows Live Messenger, version "2009". We were asked to keep it quiet for now, but of course we couldn't contain our excitement and had to let all messers out there know about the new stuff. The most noticeable is of course the new look, with colors and headers resembling the new Windows Live header that has been discussed by Liveside before. On top of that, it looks like all the various dialogs are now also properly styled like Windows Live Messenger, rather than having the "old" Windows look.

[Image: v9contactlist.png]

[Image: v9conv.png]

[Image: v9convphotoshare.png]

[Image: v9about.png]

In the feature department quite a few things have been added and changed as well. The biggest of which is the new Groups feature (while the old groups are renamed to Categories). A Group is a special chat room to which you can invite your buddies, and which stays on your contact list until you delete it (making it an instant multi-party conversation). The group will appear to be online when a another buddy in the group is also online. With a group, you can share files, photos, chat history, etc. (More coverage on Liveside). Aside from groups, there's another new entry in the contact list: the Favorites category. This category is always shown at the top, and when contacts are added to them their full details are shown in your contact list (similar to the "Show all contact details" feature in v8.5). The favorites category is also shown on older clients, where it will display as a regular category.

Along with the new UI of the conversation window (most noticeably the display pictures appearing at the left side of the conversation), a new feature has also been added: photo sharing. You can add or remove photos from the current session, and browse through them while you and your buddy discuss the currently displayed photo. Although we couldn't try it out in detail yet, this promises to make it much easier to show all those holiday and party photos to your buddies.

The build in question is the first milestone after the questionable BETA period which was closed at the end of June, with a new second milestone already coming up. We can't wait to see what turns up in the next few months... Seeing as the most-requested features haven't been added yet (Messenger Team, we're looking at you!). We will keep you posted.


Source: http://www.mess.be

Damn Patchou saw this was coming :P



RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (14.0.3921.717) by Basilis on 08-11-2008 at 09:15 PM

I am very excited about the new features but I don't know if I should be happy or not about the changes in the look and the UI, and also the new Windows Live header.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by tony on 08-11-2008 at 09:20 PM

Looks great, who's going to be the first one to come up with a skin looking like that :p


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by mynetx on 08-11-2008 at 09:24 PM

Probably me, already had the skin idea when I saw the mess.be posting :D


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by bramvandeperre on 08-11-2008 at 09:32 PM

or me? nah :P go ahead mynetx, you deserve it :P


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Quantum on 08-11-2008 at 09:48 PM

quote:
[Image: v9conv.png]


Yuk :/
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Basilis on 08-11-2008 at 09:53 PM

I agree it doesn't look that nice with all that white. And where is that Windows Live header?


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Justin on 08-11-2008 at 09:54 PM

That's going to take a while getting used to :/

No Aero?


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by duck! on 08-11-2008 at 09:55 PM

Look awesome. :cheesy:

I think tabbed chats might fill up the left hand side of the convo window :P


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Basilis on 08-11-2008 at 10:29 PM

Hey, we were talking about transparency in WLM 2009 but I don't see anything transparent at all. :(


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by absorbation on 08-11-2008 at 10:33 PM

Where's WPF ...

shit.


RE: RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by duck! on 08-11-2008 at 11:00 PM

quote:
Originally posted by absorbation
Where's WPF ...

shit.
either they haven't  done that or the screenshots were taken on Windows Xp :tongue:
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by absorbation on 08-11-2008 at 11:02 PM

Well I'm pretty confident they did, but our source told us it was a pretty poor attempt (classic Microsoft style) :P.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Voldemort on 08-11-2008 at 11:09 PM

that dps on the left side of the convo suck


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Eddie on 08-11-2008 at 11:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Voldemort
that dps on the left side of the convo suck
I don't mind it.

Slightly dissapointed by the features, they are alright i guess, the whole thing could look a whole lot better but i guess thats why we have skinning :)
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by PaUrAzZ on 08-11-2008 at 11:43 PM

Screenshot Wlm 9 build 14:
[Image: v9convphotoshare.png][Image: v9contactlist.png] [Image: v9conv.png]


RE: RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-12-2008 at 12:11 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Basilis
I agree it doesn't look that nice with all that white. And where is that Windows Live header?
The "header" is the blue stuff you see on top, the toolbar.... (why do they indeed name such stuff differently all the time? it's a lightblue _toolbar_... :/)

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Well, now that the screenshots are out (since when is it ok for Inky and others to leak this kind of stuff and getting away with it???? Unless "We were asked to keep it quiet for now, but of course we couldn't contain our excitement" is a realy false statement), let me say this:


Change in UI, news features... very nice.... but the plain old simple stuff isn't even touched!! eg: sorting the groups (categories) in the way you want instead of forced alphabetical. And I bet that damn old privacy issue for group convos still exist too. And on top of that they now are going to integrate group chats even deeper in such a way that you probably aren't able to decline anything anymore or have a clue as to who reads what or can get private info from you (refering now to again another plain old privacy issue involving the friends of friends list)....

I rather would see not much changes on the surface, but more changes on the small things which are always forgotten, those small things which would make the live of IM'ers way more beter than a fancy new UI...

Let's hope further betas will improve on that...

Sorry MS, but for now, I'm _not_ impressed (especially taking into consideration what has been discussed on the last mvp summit)...
RE: RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by blackjack on 08-12-2008 at 12:32 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Voldemort
that dps on the left side of the convo suck


Indeed, and i really hope it can be changed back to ''normal''

who is the moron who asked that anyway =/
it simply sux, then there are going to be patches, to change it to 8.5 style...

They just dont get it, Messenger Team should just make a ''Patched'' version of Messenger, and remove all of that shit they just added :P

|-)
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Willz on 08-12-2008 at 12:45 AM

well looks like they are getting their act together design wise. It would be cool to take a look at the UIfiles to get a good idea of what skinners will be up against.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by warmth on 08-12-2008 at 02:12 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Willz
It would be cool to take a look at the UIfiles to get a good idea of what skinners will be up against.
are you sure that exist UIfiles??? you said you don't :P in DE forum...

RE: RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Willz on 08-12-2008 at 02:17 AM

quote:
Originally posted by warmth
quote:
Originally posted by Willz
It would be cool to take a look at the UIfiles to get a good idea of what skinners will be up against.
are you sure that exist UIfiles??? you said you don't :P in DE forum...


In this build they would still exist and I said they could "possibly" scrap them. I never said they were going to.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by RebelSean on 08-12-2008 at 03:36 AM

quote:
Originally posted by absorbation
Well I'm pretty confident they did, but our source told us it was a pretty poor attempt (classic Microsoft style) :P.

It's there, there's just not a lot that screenshots can show. Now let's wait and see how long it takes M2 to be leaked seeing as though it's already out internally.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Hank on 08-12-2008 at 03:45 AM

the conversation window reminds me of AIM Convo windows .. IMO it wont be hard to get used to if you have used AIM6.x


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by absorbation on 08-12-2008 at 10:23 AM

Yeh, apparently this is an old build, and the design is subject to change again :P.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Eddie on 08-12-2008 at 11:11 AM

Never take a beta as what it appears is what i've always heard, it is always changing and things are getting removed etc :)


RE: RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Hank on 08-12-2008 at 12:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by absorbation
Yeh, apparently this is an old build, and the design is subject to change again :P.
if you look on liveside there is another screenshot of it there but has the header as msn messenger an not wlm messenger..
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by RebelSean on 08-12-2008 at 01:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ICQ
quote:
Originally posted by absorbation
Yeh, apparently this is an old build, and the design is subject to change again :P.
if you look on liveside there is another screenshot of it there but has the header as msn messenger an not wlm messenger..

Link? I cannot find that screenshot in the post :).
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by riahc4 on 08-12-2008 at 01:36 PM

I have a feeling this is going to get leaked any day now...


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by YourNeibour on 08-12-2008 at 04:18 PM

Who will be the first to leak it to the warez sites? hmmmmm


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by dbgarza on 08-12-2008 at 10:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by YourNeibour
Who will be the first to leak it to the warez sites? hmmmmm

lol knowing the internet it won't take long before that happens.

Anyhow, Patchou will have a nice challenge in adapting Messenger Plus Live to this new GUI if that's the one that will be used now.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by ipab on 08-12-2008 at 11:21 PM

I think the important thing to acknowledge is the fact that this is just that, a non public release build. Which means that anything can change with regards to it, and as illustrated in the past (referring to the yellow coloured messenger) this have. So with regards to Patchou matching the new build, it really serves to point cause for all we know, it might be wpf in the future, which means that stuff would need to be re-worked from the ground up...

Like Patchou has always maintained, he doesn't support beta builds.


RE: RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Hank on 08-13-2008 at 12:04 AM

quote:
Originally posted by RebelSean
quote:
Originally posted by ICQ
quote:
Originally posted by absorbation
Yeh, apparently this is an old build, and the design is subject to change again :P.
if you look on liveside there is another screenshot of it there but has the header as msn messenger an not wlm messenger..

Link? I cannot find that screenshot in the post :).
have a look on mess.be an click on the liveside link liveside link
RE: RE: RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-13-2008 at 12:49 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ICQ
quote:
Originally posted by RebelSean
quote:
Originally posted by ICQ
if you look on liveside there is another screenshot of it there but has the header as msn messenger an not wlm messenger..
Link? I cannot find that screenshot in the post :).
have a look on mess.be an click on the liveside link liveside link
quote:
one another through Group IM, and exposing access to features offered through other services; What’s New, new photos, shared files, the list goes on. (Wave 11 mockup)
Meaning: it is not real.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Hank on 08-13-2008 at 02:40 AM

i didn't see the mockup Print..i overlooked it 


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by warmth on 08-13-2008 at 02:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Willz
quote:
Originally posted by warmth
quote:
Originally posted by Willz
It would be cool to take a look at the UIfiles to get a good idea of what skinners will be up against.
are you sure that exist UIfiles??? you said you don't :P in DE forum...


In this build they would still exist and I said they could "possibly" scrap them. I never said they were going to.
My bad... :P

RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by YourNeibour on 08-13-2008 at 03:04 PM

It looks good that's for sure let's just hope they stick with this new GUI design...windows lives messenger has looked the same since version 8 it needs a facelift visually.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by absorbation on 08-13-2008 at 04:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by YourNeibour
It looks good that's for sure let's just hope they stick with this new GUI design...windows lives messenger has looked the same since version 8 it needs a facelift visually.

I've seen 5 designs since Windows Live Messenger was announced. I wish they fixed bugs for once :P.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by ShawnZ on 08-13-2008 at 04:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by YourNeibour
It looks good that's for sure let's just hope they stick with this new GUI design...windows lives messenger has looked the same since version 8 it needs a facelift visually.

not really
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by mynetx on 08-15-2008 at 08:30 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mess.be
• Contact list with new header
• Conversation window with left-aligned DPs
• New PhotoShare feature
• About dialog (build 14.0.3921.717)


Update: We have received a DMCA take-down notice which we are currently investigating. Until then we have taken the screenshots down. Looks like Microsoft really doesn't want everyone to see the new look Windows Live Messenger v9.
Strange, huh?
If anyone needs the screenshots (without mess.be watermark!), PM me ;)
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Hank on 08-15-2008 at 09:08 AM

strange they put the screenshots up there in the first place knowing full damm well M$$ would of had mess.be pull them down


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by absorbation on 08-15-2008 at 10:18 AM

A DMCA notice for screenshots ... Microsoft sounds like the new China.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Eddie on 08-15-2008 at 10:23 AM

quote:
Originally posted by absorbation
A DMCA notice for screenshots ... Microsoft sounds like the new China.
:lol: I am quite patient, but i do like to hear a bit of news sometimes, occasionally the only way we know something is occuring is through leaks.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Willz on 08-15-2008 at 10:28 AM

Yet another smart move by Microsoft, threatening a Messenger enthusiast site with a dcma notice. I know its a leak and all, but its a rather stupid idea to attack a site that openly promotes the use of their software.

Meh i'll never understand corporations.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by RebelSean on 08-15-2008 at 12:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by absorbation
A DMCA notice for screenshots ... Microsoft sounds like the new China.

They've always sent out DMCA notices when Mess.be leaks something without permission. They've done it more now with the Windows Live suite. I'm sure they're pretty pissed off that the screenshots were leaked.

quote:
Originally posted by Willz
Yet another smart move by Microsoft, threatening a Messenger enthusiast site with a dcma notice. I know its a leak and all, but its a rather stupid idea to attack a site that openly promotes the use of their software.

Meh i'll never understand corporations.

It's always been like this when sites leak information, it's nothing new. I remember when my own website, MessengerMad, started getting some exclusive information from the developers and we posted screenshots of the upcoming version we received DMCA notices. When a member of the development team sends you a copy of an internal beta, it's not meant to be spread throughout the internet. This is why the majority of the Messenger beta testers are looked down upon. Since v7, I cannot remember a build that was released to testers that was not leaked to the internet.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by vaccination on 08-15-2008 at 01:00 PM

They just need to choose their testers better, I mean, how many versions of Plus! have been leaked?


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Basilis on 08-15-2008 at 01:06 PM

Well testers of Plus! know each other and are all in the same community. They can be trusted more while the beta testers of Messenger are strangers and are chosen mostly by their experience.

P.S. I wish I could be a beta tester of Plus! :) Is there any chance Patchou asks for more beta testers?


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by absorbation on 08-15-2008 at 02:53 PM

I got a DMCA once, because someone posted a comment linking to a leaked beta. My site was down for 20 hrs, I would of preferred an email, instead of me, a person who promotes their products thinking their utter dickheads.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by mynetx on 08-15-2008 at 05:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Basilis
P.S. I wish I could be a beta tester of Plus! :) Is there any chance Patchou asks for more beta testers?
There are always chances, however according to the last statement in this area, new testers are not likely to be accepted before a new beta starts. But, you know, things and minds can change, so be on the watch :)
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Nathan on 08-15-2008 at 05:26 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mynetx
quote:
Originally posted by Basilis
P.S. I wish I could be a beta tester of Plus! :) Is there any chance Patchou asks for more beta testers?
There are always chances, however according to the last statement in this area, new testers are not likely to be accepted before a new beta starts. But, you know, things and minds can change, so be on the watch :)
True I got into the beta randomly, patchou sent me an email and I'm like "cool". but a certain someone put in a good word for me :D
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by mynetx on 08-15-2008 at 05:28 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Nathan
a certain someone
Hmmmm who might that be? :P
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Nathan on 08-15-2008 at 05:31 PM

Can't say - because the person who it concerns would be spammed :P
click here to see who it was

Anyhow I can't believe theres a DMCA notice about it o_O

* Nathan runs away (a)


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Basilis on 08-15-2008 at 06:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Nathan
but a certain someone put in a good word for me :D
I better pay someone so he says a good word for me to Patchou! :D

* Basilis starts saving money!
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-16-2008 at 07:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Willz
Yet another smart move by Microsoft, threatening a Messenger enthusiast site with a dcma notice. I know its a leak and all, but its a rather stupid idea to attack a site that openly promotes the use of their software.

Meh i'll never understand corporations.
I don't understand that you don't understand this... :p

For starters they (MS) don't attack at all. It is a standard notice which everybody should get when they leak stuff, no matter who it is. Afterall you are leaking internal information from a coorperation. Companies could sue you for such stuff, luckaly MS doesn't take it that far.

quote:
Originally posted by absorbation
A DMCA notice for screenshots ... Microsoft sounds like the new China.
Not at all, not even in the smallest way.

The information was INSIDE information, NOT meant for the outside world. They do not block stuff which is meant for the public, they block stuff which is their own inside information. Major difference.

ANY company would do something about it when information is leaked.

quote:
Originally posted by Eddie
:lol: I am quite patient, but i do like to hear a bit of news sometimes, occasionally the only way we know something is occuring is through leaks.
The more stuff is leaked the less chances you will have to know something. It is that easy!

If a company knows that if they give out some information to some trusted people (eg: beta testers, butterflies, ...), it will get leaked, then it is quite obvious that the company wouldn't be so quick anymore to give out some more information.

So blame everybody who ever leaked some information. They are the real reason why MS is keeping their mouth shut and relunctant to give any more information or to give beta testers some news or things to try out.

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MS has all the right in the world to send a DMCA notice. In fact, IMO, they don't even do it enough or take it far enough.

It doesn't matter who leaked it, Mess.be or not. There shouldn't be any leaks to begin with. If you are given something in trust then keep it to yourself!!!! Is it that hard to understand?

Leaking is bad, and it is funny how often the same kind of people complain that MS doesn't give beta testers more inside stuff. Well, would you, if you almost know for certain that the info is going to get leaked?? I don't think so....

All those stupid leakers should sleep well in the knowledge that for their 2 seconds of fame they actually punish everybody else and especially those who do know how to keep things given to them in trust and are serious about such stuff.

Well done people.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by absorbation on 08-16-2008 at 08:21 PM

But Cookie I believe all press and the Internet should be free to express themselves. If newspapers were forced not to publish articles or news stories because one corporation said so, there would be a extreme grey area.

I don't want Microsoft telling me what I can and can not post about, they shouldn't control the news, no matter what it covers. It's the principle that concerns me.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by vaccination on 08-16-2008 at 08:39 PM

Not like we have freedom of speech or anything though ;o


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-16-2008 at 09:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by absorbation
But Cookie I believe all press and the Internet should be free to express themselves. If newspapers were forced not to publish articles or news stories because one corporation said so, there would be a extreme grey area.
You are confusing two very different things.

When a beta tester recieves a beta to test out, or gets a preview of what MS is busy with, then that is NOT, I repeat NOT, a 'news bulletin' which he might publish!

Being a beta tester involves working with classified information! A beta tester is NOT a news reporter.

A news reporter is someone who might receive information and it is his job to publish this.

A beta tester his job is to NOT publish classified information.

This has got absolutely NOTHING todo with freedom of speech, principle, or whatever else you can come up with.

I challenge you to publish some inside information from any other company you work with and you would know this difference in a hard beat.

Again, leaking such information has got NOTHING, absolutly NOTHING todo with newsletters, or right to publish information. It has EVERYTHING to do with you abusing the trust that MS puts in you.

When they give you anything because you are a beta tester, buttefly or other trustworthy person it means they give it to YOU as a beta tester under NDA. That means that if you publish this in any form you ARE doing illegal things and you DO break their trust.

You can come up with any excuse you like, the thing remains that leaking is breaking trust.

I bet you don't go flapping around what you're girlfriend/boyfriend said to you the other day either? Wait, or let me make an article about it and let's publish it because "I have a freedom of speech" or whatever....

If you don't want MS (or Patchou for that matter!) telling you what to post and what not, and if you can't even make that distinction than you shouldn't be a tester AT ALL! And you shouldn't be trusted with ANY information (including Plus! beta's), because who knows what you might publish. THAT is the principle...

Leaking such stuff is LAME, STUPID, CHILDISH and any other superlative I can't come up with atm, no matter who you are, no matter if the info comes from MS, Patchou, or whatever other company. And I hope Inky and Dwergs read this too, being an MS internal or MVP or not (in fact it makes things even worse).

Yes, it is that strongly I feel about.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by absorbation on 08-16-2008 at 09:29 PM

I stick to my principle policy. When a government report is leaked, newspapers freely published its contents. I remember the outrage when a website famous for leaking reports was ordered to be shut down. Although, I bet the website was a general nuisance to government workings, in fact I wrote an essay on the matter and got full marks for it, it doesn't give them the right to stop it either. Despite I know it causes great problems when information is leaked, and can be costly to repair, it doesn't mean any company, organisation or government has the right to stop any form of media from talking about it.

I believe the Digital Millennium Copyright Act should only be used for infringement of copyright, and that alone.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by ShawnZ on 08-16-2008 at 09:30 PM

WLM was leaked, the world is going to end!


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-16-2008 at 09:34 PM

Again, you are given such information as a BETA TESTER, NOT as a news reporter!!!!!!!!!! And you should treat it as such. If you fail to make that distinction, or you don't even know what the difference is then you should NOT be a beta tester, butterfly, Plus! tester, etc, at all since you obviously can NOT be trusted with inside info... If MS knows you are going to publish it anyways, they wouldn't give you that info in the first place*!

You** are seriously confusing freedom of speech, digital copyright acts and whatever other things for the stuff which they ARE NOT meant for.

If I would start to publish all the stuff I know about members of this community, I would go down as not very trustworthy in no time, and spewed out by many in seconds. It is exactly the same thing.

It is all about trust, not about freedom of speech. At least, if you use the freedom of speech argument in such cases you obviously do not know what "freedom of speech" realy means.

And the goverment, companies or organisations have every right (in fact, the duty!) to try and stop such leaks by their "employees"! And as a beta tester you are a kind of "employee" of MS; you agree with keeping "employee-only" information to yourself. If you don't agree with it, you shouldn't be a tester in the first place, no harm done, and nobody would complain about it, simple as that.

* And that is exactly why people should blame these stupid leakers for MS not giving any more information to beta testers, butterflies and/or other insiders.

** I know I focus on you with this, absorbation. But this, obviously, goes for everybody else who agrees with you, it's not just a personal attack.

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Of course the world isn't going to end now, lol. But that doesn't mean no harm is done, nor does it mean you have the right to publish such info.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by ethanp on 08-16-2008 at 09:55 PM

you're both looking at it differently - absorbation from a reporter's point of view (one who is not a tester, who seeks new information to publish ("A news reporter is someone who might receive information and it is his job to publish this")) and cookierevised from a beta tester's point of view, he who should not leak the information

if a beta tester leaks information is it a reporter's duty not to report it?

the beta tester shouldn't have leaked it, but the reporter's just doing his job

a reporter's not expected to know what's meant to be public and what's not


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-16-2008 at 10:30 PM

ethanp, exactly....

And the Messenger leaks are always done by beta testers and not by reporters. Reporters will not have access to such inside information in the first place. Such information is given to beta tester, not to reporters or public. So any "right to publish", "freedom of speech" or whatever other act used as an argument is not valid here.

If a reporter also happens to be a beta tester and he/she recieves inside info then he/she should be smart enough to understand that the info is given to the tester, not to the reporter, and should be kept private. Otherwise he/she is seriously abusing their priveledges as a tester and breaking trust acts and shouldn't be a tester in the first place.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by vaccination on 08-16-2008 at 10:37 PM

Cookie you're missunderstanding the point. Absorbation isn't the one leaking the information, he's not the beta tester who is supossed to keep the info under wraps. He's a guy who's found out some info that someone else has leaked, MS has no control over who he tells that information, he's under no obligation to keep it quiet. So, like a newspaper, he has the freedom to do what he wants with it.

MS shouldn't be punishing people who post content that's now effectively general knowledge, they should be punishing the person responsible for the leak.

Quite frankly it's rude to go around threatening everyone with notices because they can. I'm sure many more people would be willing to take down the content if they were asked nicely.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-16-2008 at 10:52 PM

I understand the point more than you know. And if you own a site/server on which leaked info is published, you are responsible too! It is even listed in the contract you sign when you use a hosting service that they can do whatever they want when you break the contract (by publishing or letting publish leaked private stuff). If you don't agree with it then don't use them as a hosting service. Although you will have a hard time finding a company who would allow such stuff. Absorbation is therefor also responsible for what other people write as a comment on his site (no matter if you have a disclaimer or not!). And his host can take his site down because of it. But that's another (though similar) discussion, which we had before.

---

The thing which is discussed here is the right of publishing private stuff (or rather not having the right) which is given to you as a tester (refering to the top article written by Inky).

quote:
Originally posted by vaccination
he has the freedom to do what he wants with it.
Sorry, but no. I'm very reluctant to say this but this is oh so typical internet-talk. In the real world he has not the right to do whatever he wants with it, even if he got that information from a 3rd party! The info still is and always will be the trade property of MS, and that gives them the right to take action. No matter if I, you or he likes it or not.

quote:
Originally posted by vaccination
MS shouldn't be punishing people who post content that's now effectively general knowledge, they should be punishing the person responsible for the leak.
There is nothing "general knowledge" about the info he posted and certainly not what has been posted by Inky! It is private knowledge. You're twisting things around. The reason you might think it is "general knowledge" is exactly because it got leaked. It became so called "general knowledge", it was never general knowledge to begin with.

And as for the info Inky posted: if he didn't posted that nobody would know about this new design at all anyways. I serioulsy fail to see what general knowledge that is...

quote:
Originally posted by vaccination
Quite frankly it's rude to go around threatening everyone with notices because they can. I'm sure many more people would be willing to take down the content if they were asked nicely.
Rude? Threatening? If you think so..., but I think we all can be glad it just stays with a simple notice. Because they do have the right to take it way further than that. And then what....

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Again, I like to take the comparisson with Plus! betas and the info Patchou posts to his testers. Nobody of the current testers is going to publish any information given be him in his emails without his approval. The same probably goes for MDL, SP, etc... And everybody understand this. Why is it that hard to understand this is the exact same thing for stuff posted by MS to its testers?
RE: RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by andrewdodd13 on 08-16-2008 at 11:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by absorbation
I stick to my principle policy. When a government report is leaked, newspapers freely published its contents.
Governments are supposed to be transparent organisations: they rule the country, and make decisions which affect every single individual in that country, which makes it a special case. Some screenshots of Microsoft's latest product isn't exactly important. In fact, it's a trade secret.

quote:
Originally posted by absrobation
Despite I know it causes great problems when information is leaked, and can be costly to repair, it doesn't mean any company, organisation or government has the right to stop any form of media from talking about it.

I believe the Digital Millennium Copyright Act should only be used for infringement of copyright, and that alone.
The government does not have this right for the above reason. In theory, you are infringing copyright by uploading screenshots. As for "leaked details" I guess it's not particularly covered, but then this information was gleaned from those illegal screenshots. Grey area.

I don't really understand why Microsoft are so up tight about it, but it's their choice, and it should be respect.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by mynetx on 08-17-2008 at 08:33 AM

quote:
Originally posted by andrewdodd13
I don't really understand why Microsoft are so up tight about it, but it's their choice, and it should be respect.
If I would be developing a product that is really important in this business sector (yes, it is all about business), I too would be upset about having confidential information being published preliminarily. It would exactly mean that I cannot trust someone of my testers group, which is equal to having a security problem within the company. Any company having someone inside who spreads non-disclosable information (does not even have to do with Web and virtual goods, also refers to industrial companies, such as car manufacturers) - any company with such a person would do their best to find that person and he would have been employee for them for the longest time. Depending on the importance of the spread (leaked) information, they would even consider taking him into court as it is a (rather smaller or bigger) loss for the company to have information under development already available to the end consumers. This can even strike through marketing strategies with big investments, and force the company to start to work again on areas that would have been ready to be released when the other areas were finished, in order to recreate a new invention not already known by the public.

So, this all is basically about a product to be placed on a market with rather big competition. Windows Live Messenger is not the only or the best IM product, but there are ICQ, AIM, and whatever their names are, alongside with those multi-protocol messenger clients and web-based clients (which, by the way, are not authorized by Microsoft and thus abusing their protocol that they reverse-engineered, which, I am sure, is forbidden by the Microsoft Windows Live Terms of Use). So, in order to be able to survive on the IM client/IM network market, Microsoft and the Windows Live Development Team need to create really good (and most important, fresh- and new-looking) software, and therefore it is a rather big beat into the face for them to have the public know their new design before they actually finish it.
RE: RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by vaccination on 08-17-2008 at 10:09 AM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised

The thing which is discussed here is the right of publishing private stuff (or rather not having the right) which is given to you as a tester (refering to the top article written by Inky).


But as I'm not the tester under the obligations to not post it. I'm not the person who leaked the information, I'm just telling people I know, something that I know.

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised

quote:
Originally posted by vaccination
he has the freedom to do what he wants with it.
Sorry, but no. I'm very reluctant to say this but this is oh so typical internet-talk. In the real world he has not the right to do whatever he wants with it, even if he got that information from a 3rd party! The info still is and always will be the trade property of MS, and that gives them the right to take action. No matter if I, you or he likes it or not.

I fail to see how it's 'typical internet-talk', in the 'real world' I wouldn't be arrested for telling my friend on the street "hey I was reading this article the other day, aparently WLM9 is going to have these features.."


quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised

quote:
Originally posted by vaccination
MS shouldn't be punishing people who post content that's now effectively general knowledge, they should be punishing the person responsible for the leak.
There is nothing "general knowledge" about the info he posted and certainly not what has been posted by Inky! It is private knowledge. You're twisting things around. The reason you might think it is "general knowledge" is exactly because it got leaked. It became so called "general knowledge", it was never general knowledge to begin with.

And as for the info Inky posted: if he didn't posted that nobody would know about this new design at all anyways. I serioulsy fail to see what general knowledge that is...


I agree, it wouldn't be general knowledge if Inky hadn't posted it, but again that's Inky's fault, he broke his obligations as a tester, has nothing to do with me. I've just read the article and now know the facts.


quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised

Again, I like to take the comparisson with Plus! betas and the info Patchou posts to his testers. Nobody of the current testers is going to publish any information given be him in his emails without his approval. The same probably goes for MDL, SP, etc... And everybody understand this. Why is it that hard to understand this is the exact same thing for stuff posted by MS to its testers?
Again, this has nothing to do with people who aren't testers telling other people what they've found out. As I said before, this is because Plus! etc choose reliable and responsible testers. MS should be more careful if they don't want this stuff leaked.

I'm not saying it's right to leak information(which it certainly isn't), but it's not the fault of the public who aren't under any contracts etc, if information gets leaked and they then talk about it.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-18-2008 at 12:46 AM

You realy do not have the right to do what you want with any information you've found when that information is part of a trade secret or similar act. This has got nothing todo with freedom of speech either. Freedom of speech means the right to express your own opinion without fearing prosecuation or being shut down. It does not mean you have the freedom to publish property of a company or publish trade secrets!

You, as a non-tester, may read the articles and may now now the facts, but you may not spread that information any further either, or you'll risk the same 'punishment' as the inital leaker (where 'punishment' is quite often nothing at all; but that does not make it alright to do).

And that is what I mean with the oh-so-typical internet talk. Because more than often (mostly young) people think they can do whatever they want with the information the moment they find it on the net, source often doesn't even matter. And the fact that almost everybody on the net gets away with it increases this. And more than often they will use arguments like "freedom or speech" or "I'm not under nda, so I can" or whatever.

A newspaper may not publish trade secrets when they find some internal paper on a train, left by some employee of some company. The only thing they may publish is the fact that they found the paper, not what the trade secret paper itself said. If a newspaper would publish the actual contents I can assure you that they will be slapped around a bit with a big lawsuit and will loose.

This is kind of the same as a privacy issue. Except for the difference that with a trade secret and such stuff you're not dealing with a person but instead with a thing/idea/object/etc.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by vaccination on 08-18-2008 at 08:31 AM

I see what you're saying. I'm undecided whether I think that should be the case or not though. From a company perspective it's a good thing, but hmm *-)


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by mula2001 on 08-24-2008 at 12:28 PM

hii,

wlm 2009 14.0.3921.717 today install

oo my good , pluslive-4.70.334  not authorize, problem ?

solution suggestion ? ( EMERGENCY )


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Sunshine on 08-24-2008 at 12:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mula2001
hii,

wlm 2009 14.0.3921.717 today install

oo my good , pluslive-4.70.334  not authorize, problem ?

solution suggestion ? ( EMERGENCY )
Solution: don't use leaked betas! Uninstall and go back to using 8.5
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Phillip on 08-24-2008 at 12:31 PM

I was told you had to be a beta tester to use the "14.0.3921.717" build (like last time you had to be a beta tester to log in). How are these people beta testers..?

quote:
Originally posted by mula2001
oo my good , pluslive-3.70.334  not authorize, problem ?
"pluslive-3.70.334" only works with the older versions of messenger (7.5 and below).

RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Basilis on 08-24-2008 at 12:39 PM

Patchou has said that he is not going to support BETA software. You need to wait for the official release of WLM 2009. :)


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by RebelSean on 08-24-2008 at 01:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Phillip
I was told you had to be a beta tester to use the "14.0.3921.717" build (like last time you had to be a beta tester to log in). How are these people beta testers..?
quote:
Originally posted by mula2001
oo my good , pluslive-3.70.334  not authorize, problem ?
"pluslive-3.70.334" only works with the older versions of messenger (7.5 and below).

Because someone has told you incorrectly. The beta hasn't even started yet, not sure how Jack over at JCXP got ahold of it.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Winky on 08-24-2008 at 07:34 PM

I never like leaked versions from WLM, becouse they are running on a small server.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-24-2008 at 09:00 PM

Oh, btw, absorbation, quite frankly I hope you get a DMCA notice again, because you're aiding in spreading the leak. And this time it is not some 'user comment' which you can hide behind. I gave you the benefit of doubt and tried to understand your arguments before, but it appears you don't care at all that this gets leaked and spread or not. (EDIT: I see you removed the link)

Same for some other people here (looking at Nathan in particular). Instead of doing all innocent and hiding behind 'we don't break any rules' at least have the guts to say you're trying to spread it further.

Nice way to show you're trustable guys... not...
And that is what this is all about for me: trust...

(N):(


And did you ever stood still by the fact that all this bussiness takes a lot of time from the people who are constantly need to report these things, time which could be used to do better things, like testing... Or that it again puts these forums on the report list for leaks? Is that what you want, that these forums are put on the same level next to the ones which make a sport out of leaking stuff?


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Quantum on 08-24-2008 at 09:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
Oh, btw, absorbation, quite frankly I hope you get a DMCA notice again, because you're aiding in spreading the leak. And this time it is not some 'user comment' which you can hide behind. I gave you the benefit of doubt and tried to understand your arguments before, but it appears you don't care at all that this gets leaked and spread or not.

Same for some other people here (looking at Nathan in particular). Instead of doing all innocent and hiding behind 'we don't break any rules' at least have the guts to say you're trying to spread it further.

Nice way to show you're trustable guys... not...
And that is what this is all about for me: trust...

(N):(


And did you ever stood still by the fact that all this bussiness takes a lot of time from the people who are constantly need to report these things, time which could be used to do better things, like testing... Or that it again puts these forums on the report list for leaks? Is that what you want, that these forums are put on the same level next to the onces which make a sport out of leaking stuff?

So what if it's leaked... it's gonna happen. Why take it seriously? :\
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-24-2008 at 09:22 PM

Why? because I do take such things very seriously as trust, giving your word and sticking to it, and I don't like people who do all innocent and following the rules while they actually (try to) do the exact opposite or abusing the system by using 'backdoors'.

Maybe you should read again the posts I made in this thread to understand why.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Nathan on 08-24-2008 at 09:28 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
Same for some other people here (looking at Nathan in particular). Instead of doing all innocent and hiding behind 'we don't break any rules' at least have the guts to say you're trying to spread it further.
Cookie, it's out. It's on the internet, there's no stopping it now, or even preventing it. What's the point in even trying too.

Anyway, I admit I linked back to a "helpful" post, and I'm not denying that. I'm just helping the forum peeps.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-24-2008 at 09:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Nathan
Cookie, it's out. It's on the internet, there's no stopping it now, or even preventing it. What's the point in even trying too.
damn nathan, I realy thought you knew better than that. And even so, this automatically means you should just jump the bandwagon and start spreading it too?
quote:
Originally posted by Nathan
I'm just helping the forum peeps.
No you're not!!
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Tochjo on 08-24-2008 at 09:56 PM

For the record, it is not allowed to link to leaked beta releases on these forums. That includes direct downloads and websites offering direct downloads.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Voldemort on 08-24-2008 at 10:20 PM

Er.... i thought beta testers agreed to some ToS/NDA/agreement about information? when i was in the live beta, i am sure i agreed to some terms that i never read....



this is exactly why i don't like you nathan


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Nathan on 08-24-2008 at 10:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Voldemort
this is exactly why i don't like you nathan
I don't know if that is a joke or what, but the whole "this is exactly why..." thats a very global reason. I've made a mistake - is that why you don't like me?


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Phillip on 08-24-2008 at 11:01 PM

I downloaded it, installed it and tried it out. I dislike the feel of it. The contact list could have been designed so much better with little extra effort IMO. The chat window was nicely done though and can't wait to see what designs they come up with in future builds.

For all you chumps out there that are going to have a sad at me, yes I have uninstalled it, no I didn't send it to anyone, no I didn't put it on my blog or website and no I did not set up a small kiosk down at the local markets selling the lastest and greatest leaked software for $1.99. Also Cookie while you are telling all the members how aweful they are for linking to sites that have these screenshots, you may want to have a go at Rebel Sean as well for mentioning that JCXP site. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't have went there and even bothered installing the application. He is a "Butterfly" after all and should be more discreet on the subject.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-24-2008 at 11:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Phillip
Also Cookie while you are telling all the members how aweful they are for linking to sites that have these screenshots, you may want to have a go at Rebel Sean as well for mentioning that JCXP site. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't have went there and even bothered installing the application. He is a "Butterfly" after all and should be more discreet on the subject.
Very true indeed, and I missed that... Then again, there sure are many others who do/did such stuff, as such, my opinion and points I was trying to make go for them too of course, no exception.
RE: RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Phillip on 08-24-2008 at 11:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:
Originally posted by Phillip
Also Cookie while you are telling all the members how aweful they are for linking to sites that have these screenshots, you may want to have a go at Rebel Sean as well for mentioning that JCXP site. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't have went there and even bothered installing the application. He is a "Butterfly" after all and should be more discreet on the subject.
Very true indeed, and I missed that... Then again, there sure are many others who do/did such stuff, as such, my opinion and points I was trying to make go for them too of course, no exception.

It's ok. I completely understand your point of view, no one is perfect :P
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by riahc4 on 08-24-2008 at 11:34 PM

Cookie Its just a program (not even made by you or a company that you work for)

Relax...Everything on the internet nowadays gets leaked so don't lose sleep over it.


That being said, I believe Microsoft has blocked signing in to the new build for non official beta testers.


RE: RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Phillip on 08-24-2008 at 11:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by riahc4
Cookie Its just a program (not even made by you or a company that you work for)

Relax...Everything on the internet nowadays gets leaked so don't lose sleep over it.


That being said, I believe Microsoft has blocked signing in to the new build for non official beta testers.
That's what I had thought to till I installed it. It would be a smart idea though.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by riahc4 on 08-24-2008 at 11:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Phillip
quote:
Originally posted by riahc4
Cookie Its just a program (not even made by you or a company that you work for)

Relax...Everything on the internet nowadays gets leaked so don't lose sleep over it.


That being said, I believe Microsoft has blocked signing in to the new build for non official beta testers.
That's what I had thought to till I installed it. It would be a smart idea though.

Sign out then sign in again.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-25-2008 at 12:07 AM

quote:
Originally posted by riahc4
Cookie Its just a program (not even made by you or a company that you work for)
Relax...Everything on the internet nowadays gets leaked so don't lose sleep over it.
Sure, and that justifies everything now does it? Everything gets hacked these days, so lets just hack all of your accounts.

Read the small print, plus know the fact that genuine testers are punished because of all this since MS will trust them less and less and wants to minimize the risk more and more, and thus wont let genuine testers have so much access to stuff or inside information anymore.

Which in the end results in having less time to find and report bugs in the wild, which on its turn means a less 'stable' client for _you_ to use!!! In essence you're not only punishing all of the butterflies, mvp's and other genuine testers, but you're also punishing yourself by seriously tampering with the proper and normal development of the program if you leak stuff or link to leaked stuff. Good job by being so shortsighted in that case...

If nobody would leak stuff, then there would be a whole lot more private betas you could get in to as there would be far more chances any person would be accepted in to a private beta (eg: you, or anyone else who wants to get in to a private beta but isn't accepted now for whatever reason).

RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Willz on 08-25-2008 at 12:13 AM

I got a question if there is so much argument going over using a leaked beta then why is this thread even still open?

This is going to go for ages about people trying to justify why they can use a leaked beta.


RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by riahc4 on 08-25-2008 at 12:18 AM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:
Originally posted by riahc4
Cookie Its just a program (not even made by you or a company that you work for)
Relax...Everything on the internet nowadays gets leaked so don't lose sleep over it.
Sure, and that justifies everything now does it? Everything gets hacked these days, so lets just hack all of your accounts.

Read the small print, plus know the fact that genuine testers are punished because of all this since MS will trust them less and less and/or want to minimize the risk more and more, and thus wont let genuine testers have so much access to stuff anymore.

Which in the end results in having less time to find and report bugs in the wild, which on its turn means a less 'stable' client for _you_ to use!!! In essence you're not only punishing all of the butterflies, mvp's and other genuine testers, but you're also punishing yourself by seriously tampering with the proper and normal development of the program if you leak stuff or link to leaked stuff. Good job by being so shortsighted in that case...

...Cookie you are worse than the PS3/Xbox 360 fanboys....

IT IS A PROGRAM MADE OF 0s AND 1s......If someone was in your neighborhood and some people got shot, then yes I imagine that you were like this because you are afraid for the health of your family. It CAN affect you.


But this doesnt affect you at all; A less reliable program? You wont die from it or suffer depressions. You wont lose money. Honestly, chill.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by CookieRevised on 08-25-2008 at 12:21 AM

@Willz, I'm not so much argumenting against those who _use_ a leaked beta (although that isn't without consequences either), but far more about those who aid in the _spreading_ of leaked stuff, in whatever way.

quote:
Originally posted by riahc4
IT IS A PROGRAM MADE OF 0s AND 1s.
So is your account and private data (eg: bank account). So because it is just a bunch of binary data I can just do whatever I want with it? :rolleyes:

quote:
Originally posted by riahc4
But this doesnt affect you at all; A less reliable program? You wont die from it or suffer depressions. You wont lose money. Honestly, chill.
Of course I'm not going to die because of it, but It sure DOES affect me or what I do as a hobby!!! And I'm may not loose money out of it (although indirectly I will, but I wont go into that as that is non of your bussiness) but MS sure will.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Nathan on 08-25-2008 at 12:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:
Originally posted by riahc4
IT IS A PROGRAM MADE OF 0s AND 1s.
So is your account and private data :rolleyes:
lul, pwned
RE: RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Willz on 08-25-2008 at 12:26 AM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:
Originally posted by riahc4
IT IS A PROGRAM MADE OF 0s AND 1s.
So is your account and private data :rolleyes:

cookie is full of win. :rofl:

don't ever change buddy.
RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by riahc4 on 08-25-2008 at 12:28 AM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:
Originally posted by riahc4
IT IS A PROGRAM MADE OF 0s AND 1s.
So is your account and private data :rolleyes:

Yes and Im aware of that. Your point is?

By your idealogy, WLM is your son that has cancer.

quote:
Originally posted by Nathan
quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:
Originally posted by riahc4
IT IS A PROGRAM MADE OF 0s AND 1s.
So is your account and private data :rolleyes:
lul, pwned

no.

RE: Windows Live Messenger 9 (2009) (14.0.3921.717) by Chrono on 08-25-2008 at 12:33 AM

quote:
Originally posted by riahc4
no.
actually, yes :P

anyway, thread closed :spam: