AOL vs. Trillian

Trinition writes: "ZDNews is reporting that AOL is once again trying to shut out the competition. Trillian has been updated twice in the past 24 hours to work around the blocks AOL is throwing up to prevent the popular IM client from interoperating with the AOL Instant Messenger service. Will Cerulean Studios hold up better than those they follow in the footsteps of (i.e. Microsoft, AT&T and Jabber)?"

Comments

No self-respecting geek would use AOL...

[Robber Baron]

...for anything other than coasters! (I just got me a new "titanium" one to go with all my "platinum" ones) How is this "News for Nerds" (unless they're going to cut off our coaster supply)???

...aw shit! Now you got me worried!

BEWARE USA........

[mbennis]

BIN LADEN IS GOING TO USE TRILLIAN TO DESTROY AMERICAN EVIL when downloadingthe last version of trillian 0.721, i noticed this :

IMPORTANT: Trillian is subject to United States export controls. Trillian may not be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported: into (or to a national or resident of) Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria or any other country to which the United States has embargoed goods; or any organization or company on the United States Commerce Department's "Denied Parties List."

By downloading or using Trillian, you are agreeing to the foregoing and all applicable export control laws. You are also warranting that you are not under the control of, located in, or a resident or national of any such country or on any such list.

The information on export laws provided herein is not necessarily complete. For more information on export laws, please refer to United States Commerce Department, Bureau of Export Administration at (202) 482-2440, or (202) 482-4811

Re:I disagree

[aminorex]

You need a dictionary.

Latin abbreviation, "i.e."

[Anonymous Coward]

i.e. stands for "id est" -- "that is". Lots of people (Slashdot editors included) think it's interchangable with 'e.g.' (exempli gratia -- for example). From the translation, you should be able to see that's not the case.

If you read the words "that is" in place of i.e., you'll notice that it makes no sense in this context. Unfortunately, neither does "e.g.".

Re:Are their servers anyway.

[kilgore_47]

Actually, if you set up Hotmail with Outlook Express it automagically puts a banner ad at the bottom of the Outlook Express window.
Seriously, try it.

I just tried it. No banner. I'm using Outlook Express 5.02 on MacOS 9.1; maybe the windows version is different.
In any case, I just checked my hotmail account without seeing any banners.

I did, however, see lots and lots of spam, so maybe microsoft is getting some revenue after all from me (selling my throwaway hotmail address to bloodthirsty spammers)