MSN Messenger Kickbans Third-Party IM Clients

No_Weak_Heart writes "As reported here back in August, October 15th is the day Microsoft set to ban third party clients from logging in to their IM service. This eWeek article notes that the day is upon us, and MS is offering few details about its progress in creating licensing agreements to continue access. The licensing issue was previously discussed here. And my copy of Fire cannot log in. Anyone else find their IM clients non-responsive?"

Comments

IM now ... Mono Later ??

[MadX]

Is this not just a taste of things to come ??
Lock users into your service .. then force them to use your product exclusively ??

Don't know about anyone else .. but alarm bells should be sounding for other projects as M$ pull all their stuff closer to their chest ..

Re:IM now ... Mono Later ??

[danheskett]

Lock users into your service .. then force them to use your product exclusively ??

How can you blame them? MS provides the hardware, the bandwidth, and the assumes the risk of operating this chat network. I like my 3rd party client, but you know what? I leach from MS by using it. They have every right to restrict who can use their network and how. If they want to use technological measures to limit who can access the network, than fine, so be it. I'll use their product or a competeting protocol.

The main difference between this an Mono and inference is that letting 3rd party clients onto the MSN network costs MS real cash dollars each time a message is sent or received.

As long as IM service is free but centrlised, providers will try to lock out non-offical clients through whatever means are necessary.

Grrrr

[thrill12]

I wish I could say:
what do we care, we just use any of the other IM's out there...

But then I think of the people I know that use MSN without protest, who have no problems with their connection, people who use MSN Messenger.
People I do not dislike for that fact: they know not better. Now the foul sword of Bill cuts the one link we had to try and gain a symbiosis between our species.

What now?
Shall we cease our diplomacy and switch over to the other IM?
Shall we resist our attempts to keep ourselves free and mindlessly implement the twisted program that is called MSN Messenger? The thought alone strikes fear in me!

I take the one and only possible step: resist the urge for getting together online:
I will simply use the phone.