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MSN Client for Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the o-k dept.

DrJonesAC2 writes "MSN has released its software client for Mac OS X today. This software functions just like the PC version with a few exceptions (like chat and money). This software launch has its glitches, however; you cannot download it from Microsoft's Mac site you need to go here to get it."

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  1. Does anyone care? by osxuser-02 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seems kinda strange to use MSN on a Mac. There are plenty of ISP options for Mac which would be either cheaper, or have more options for Mac users. Why have MSN if it's a crippled version?

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  2. microsoft? by bobba22 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not having any MS software on my computer makes me feel a bit less "big-brothered". Apple provides me with useful tools for what I need to work/play. If MSN is what I think it is, I'm not sure they haven't been wasting their time as the target audience is certainly going to be a lot more clued-in than the general wintel user. I think people use apple to escape from products like MSN and .net. OS X is rapidy approaching the point where a virtual PC or MS software in general just isn't needed. Thanks, but no thanks.

  3. Important development by rumpledstiltskin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is actually an important development, considering that OS X has a BSD core. MS is developing products that will interface with that operating system. Maybe this could be a step in the direction of developing applications for the OSS community. Mod this down as a troll if you'd like, but despite the heavy anti-MS rhetoric here on slashdot, MS does employ some of the best coders around. Having such a heavy player develop applications for free OS's could only help them become more accepted and mainstream.

    1. Re:Important development by cmoney · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Yes, but it's very easy to produce an OS X app that doesn't have anything to do with BSD. So MS producing an OS X app in and of itself shows no bearing on whether they'll be producing BSD (or OSS) apps in the future.

  4. Actually... by douglasq · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Satisfaction with the Mac OS is why Mac users never move to Windows. I cannot speak for Linux users.

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  5. Re:Which browser does it embed? by SiMac · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I suspect that Tasman 0.9 is newer than the version in IE 5.2.1. According to CodeBitch's latest article, she's already seen a new version of IE in the logs, and the version in MSN Explorer for Mac is the same as the version that will be in the next IE.