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Gaim Speaks Out on MSN Ban
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.
Now, MS is closing their end. Hypocrisy at it's finest!
Where do you read in any of the articles that it's being "closed" -- but I suppose if you just read the comments from other posters that's the impression you get. All MS wants is to formalize the relationship between itself and third-party clients that use its service. MS never said that it wanted AOL to open up for free. Is it right that commercial services like Trillian make money by piggy-backing on top of the service without paying for that access - I would submit that it is not. The absolute best model would be for the companies producing commercial clients to pay their way, open-source non-commercial clients should get a free license.
it's actually a real pain to remove, certainly beyond the average user
Are you kidding me? It's beyond the average user to go into Add/Remove Windows Components and uncheck the box for MSN Messenger? Come on! You're a fucking tool.