Shoutbox

mikelc2, I agree with the fact that the Messenger service should stayd free for users as I also agree that we're paying for it buy buying Windows, Office, etc... and in fact, that was also what I wanted to say in my article... if people distribute clones of MSN Messenger on Linux, or if they do it on Windows and they remove all the benefits Microsoft put in the software (customer surveys, publicities, etc...) then it's not worth it for them anymore.

As for making a lot of money, I agree that they do, jsut remember that it's part of the reasons why they can do so many research for so long... part of the money we're paying  them goes back to us as technologies. But in any case, it's not because they are making tons of money that they should allow third parties to use their resources for free... if that was true, you could go at Microsoft in Redmond, enter the building and use their computers for your personal buisness aying that they shouldn't care, they make enough money already. It's not a public company, it's a private one, and they are already sharing enough things they could ask money for, you just don't realize it.