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Yahoo Shutting Out Third-Party IM Clients?
prostoalex writes "Following the lead of America Online's previous attempts and MSN's actions, Yahoo is planning an update that may cut out third-party providers like Trillian or Gaim. If you're a current Trillian user with a valid Yahoo ID, you probably noticed the new welcome message: 'Yahoo! is upgrading to its newest version of Yahoo! Messenger on September 24, 2003. The upgrade is part of an ongoing process to continually enhance the overall quality of the Yahoo! Messenger service for our millions of users'." Update: 09/18 01:17 GMT by S : Trillian has just released a patch that updates the IM software "...to the newest Yahoo! and MSN protocols, to remove the recent upgrade messages."
Because not being able to chat with people you could chat with previously is a great sign of "continual enhancement"
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
--E.C. Stanton
And thus, through stubborn obstinance, open standards will gain acceptance!!! Everyone will be able to talk with everyone else!
never mind i am drunk and work for sco
shuts out third party clients, people may think they're really sick and won't patronize them.
If two, two providers do it, in harmony, people may think they're faggots and won't patronize either of them.
And it three providers do it, three, can you imagine? Three providers shutting out third party clients. People might think it's an orginization.
And if all, all the IM providers do it, people might think it's a movement.
And that's just what it is people. The third party IM client anti-trust masacree movement.
Sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar.
With feeling.
KFG
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