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So I see. I was actually about to add you to my list when I saw you beat me to it!

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In reviewing this thread, it would seem like we're split on which clients are being used. Just posing this as a thought to the group, but would it not now (given the client split) make sense if people want to contact to use ICQ? That way nobody has to deal with multiple invasive IM clients or has to change what they're currently using. ICQ is universal and it would eliminate the need to set up an IRC channel as was being discussed elsewhere.
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The good thing about Messenger is there's an online version, so even if your work won't let you install stuff (like mine) you can still chat at work. Plus anybody with windows will automatically have messeneger, and it works in conjunction with Hotmail, informing you when you have new mail, etc. I really like it.

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It's better than ICQ. It has a great interface with Windows or Mac, allowing file sharing or window sharing in a easy way, and is quite more stable than the clumsy ICQ. I used ICQ since it's first version on the mid 90s, but I rather use MSN now.
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I'm always wary of giving MS even more of a stranglehold on my life...I'd go with Yahoo's first and still be compatible with MS. That it comes native to Windows is another reason I try not to use it...cramming it down our throats along with IE.
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You're just disagreeing because it's me and Ric saying aren't you Sage
Seriously though, I totally get what you're saying, and would prefer it if Mr.Gates didn't have such a stranglehold on things, but your average computer user doesn't see it as cramming it down our throats. They see it as a handy all-in-one package. They go to their computer superstore, buy what the salesman tells them to buy, takes it home, turns it on, and away they go. Your average user does not know how to download and install alternatives, etc, so Bill Gates is doing them a favour. For example, if Windows didn't come with IE, my Mum would not use the internet (unless I came round and fixed up her computer. I have all kinds of alternative programmes and exotic software on my computer that would baffle most users, as I'm sure do you.

Anyway, like I said, I like MSN Messenger. It looks good and works well. Of all the ones I've tried (When I first came online years ago I was an ICQ user - I can still remember that irritating sound it made when you got a new message) MSN is my favourite.

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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
You're just disagreeing because it's me and Ric saying aren't you Sage
Seriously though, I totally get what you're saying, and would prefer it if Mr.Gates didn't have such a stranglehold on things, but your average computer user doesn't see it as cramming it down our throats. They see it as a handy all-in-one package. They go to their computer superstore, buy what the salesman tells them to buy, takes it home, turns it on, and away they go. Your average user does not know how to download and install alternatives, etc, so Bill Gates is doing them a favour. For example, if Windows didn't come with IE, my Mum would not use the internet (unless I came round and fixed up her computer. I have all kinds of alternative programmes and exotic software on my computer that would baffle most users, as I'm sure do you.

Anyway, like I said, I like MSN Messenger. It looks good and works well. Of all the ones I've tried (When I first came online years ago I was an ICQ user - I can still remember that irritating sound it made when you got a new message) MSN is my favourite.


I'm just surprised the "Lefties" are actually in favor of using such a "corporate" product You know, money involved and all that.

Unfortunately, you are correct regarding the average user. Whatever pops up in front of them is what they're going to use. Although, if they didn't have IE, they'd use AOL, God help us. I just think on balance that most of us here are slightly to largely above average in terms of usage (at least can install a different product), and given the current situation there's no one solution for everyone using MS or AIM. ICQ is kind of the PDF of the IM world (enough acronyms for you?). I've got my buddy list, you've got yours, we're not going to eliminate them.
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Originally posted by: JediSageI'm just surprised the "Lefties" are actually in favor of using such a "corporate" product You know, money involved and all that.

HaHaHa. Yeah, that's true. In theory I guess I am anti-microsoft, but the windows 95 days are over - their products are actually pretty good these days, IMO. Plus, the 'lefty' in me thinks there should be one single, unified, totalitarian messenger product for the people

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Originally posted by: JediSageI'm just surprised the "Lefties" are actually in favor of using such a "corporate" product You know, money involved and all that.

HaHaHa. Yeah, that's true. In theory I guess I am anti-microsoft, but the windows 95 days are over - their products are actually pretty good these days, IMO. Plus, the 'lefty' in me thinks there should be one single, unified, totalitarian messenger product for the people


LOL...

I used to be one of MS's staunchest defenders in terms of their business practices, but back in the days of 98, 95, and ME I knew their products stunk. For me, I was just happy that most of the memory configuration problems went away and I could play my games, but the blue-screen-of-death problem would rear it's ugly head time and again. Once I got my hands on NT4, that was it. I think their products have come quite far, and IMO Win2k is the best commercial OS on the market, or should I say the NT Kernel is the best one on the market. I don't have enough experience with Linux to make a fair comparison, but IMO Linux/*IX has always been in the realm of "we're making this complex enough to keep it in the hands of the mad scientists".

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