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Gaim Speaks Out on MSN Ban

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the ejected-following-a-technical-foul dept.

joejg writes "As FootNotes is reporting, the developers at Gaim have responded to the ban Microsoft is placing upon users of third-party clients accessing the MSN protocol. It appears that starting October 15th I will not be able to talk to my MSN friend in South Korea." Gaim's site is more optimistic, saying they may still be able to connect, only without a license to do so.

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  1. Why? by sdhughes · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I continue to question why people are so upset about this. Microsoft runs the service. Why shouldn't they restrict access to their paying customers (i.e. windows users). They're giving it away for free.. it's not a Linux user's right to use the thing.