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I was reading a thread at neowin and I figured I'd post a thread abot it here.

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Originally posted by pcworld.com

Microsoft plans to deliver a new version of its popular MSN Messenger client by mid-2005 that will let users create a more customized instant messaging experience, the company says.

Aside from the user experience, MSN Messenger also has to bring in more money, Microsoft representatives say. The company has not really tapped the online advertising opportunities in the client, said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of Microsoft's MSN Information Services & Merchant Platform division. He addressed the topic at a meeting last week with financial analysts at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

To that goal, some of those new services might involve fees, subscriptions, and other user costs, Mehdi said. For example, the company charges a monthly fee for access to a game IM users can play with their MSN contacts. Microsoft introduced gaming recently in the U.S. and will roll it out internationally in the coming months, according to a Microsoft spokesperson.................

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More information about it can be found here.

Personaly if they ever do this and make me ()pay to use msn messenger's features I would not use it and would  get dodgy yahoo back. Let me hear what yall think.

im not payin no money...stupid pricks...goin to yahoo, keepin my old msn, or mayb someone will find codes to overrride the charges...who knows

they said they'd charge for certain services, which is fair enough. I hate it when people complain because something free has a catch to it.

microsofts only doing this to raise more money for the things they make, as i read somewhere else.  So dont complain, more money for them = better things for their users, such as us. SO be happy. we get better stuff

yes better stuff, who would get better stuff for a cost when you can get the same services for free...this better stuff can be created by programmers as well, we dont pay them to make us plugins

I wouldnt pay for msn id keep my old one unless they forced us to update and then id go to yahoo

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Originally posted by XxRebelSeanxX
Personaly if they ever do this and make me pay to use msn messenger I would not use it and would  get dodgy yahoo back. Let me hear what yall think.

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Do what? Where in the report does it say that you need to pay to use MSN Messenger? Nowhere!!!

They say, "pay for certain services like games..."....

They didn't say "pay for using msn messenger AKA connecting to the MSN network"... They will never do that as this will be a very bad commercial move.

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Originally posted by LoochTheMan
this better stuff can be created by programmers as well, we dont pay them to make us plugins

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No programmers I know have the resources of Microsoft, and no plugin I know equals MSN Messenger itself, and as for what Cookie said, he is entirely correct (although it hurts to admit it)...you're all just jumping to the wrong end of the stick, MSN Messenger will probably always remain free, and some extra features may have to be paid for, but we'll be able to retain everything we have now probably, maybe not the games though...

Cookie,

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
They didn't say "pay for using msn messenger AKA connecting to the MSN network"... They will never do that as this will be a very bad commercial move

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I didn't never think that. And how do you know that they wont?

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Originally posted by XxRebelSeanxX
And how do you know that they wont?

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Simply because why would they make you pay to chat to people when there are so many free alternatives that are more popular...

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Originally posted by XxRebelSeanxX

I didn't never think that

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Originally posted by XxRebelSeanxX
and make me pay to use msn messenger

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