Hey, I have been told, that the author of Centericq was working on reverse engeneering the prog to bypass it... i mean they had to probably do that with the protocols in the first place... Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorenzo Prince" <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <blinux-list at redhat.com> Cc: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 12:24 AM Subject: More Microsoft nonsense--MSN Messenger > Hi. I am currently using CenterICQ as my instant messenger. It currently supports MSN messenger, which is good at the > moment cause I have a lot of friends who use it, some because they are visually impaired and it works very well with > JAWS and others "because it somes with Windows so why not use it?" The problem is that after October 15th we will no > longer be able to connect to MSN Messenger throu any 3rd-party apps as Microsoft is looking to get paid in yet another > area or something. They claim it's about security but we all know where they really stand on that issue. In fact it > can probably be proven that many of the 3rd-party apps that they will be blocking are more secure than their own client, > but that's beside the point. > > the real reason for this post is that I need one of two things: > I need either another messenger client that I can use that will be able to bypass Microsoft's monopolistic attack > against 3rd-party clients, that is unless the developer of Centericq has found a way to do this, or else I need to know > if a good alternative for both Linux and windows messaging. I know AIM is good, but at least 1 of my friends says he > hates it, something about it not working as well with JAWS or something. I would need a good text-mode dlient for > whatever I connect to, preferably CenterICQ will be able to connect to it, as I already have it configured. The windows > version will also need to work well with JAWS, preferably better than MSN/Windows Messenger, and if possible it needs to > look better to sighted users than MSN/Windows Messenger so my sighted friends will like it too. > > Can someone please help me with this so I can have enough time to alert people of my change of messengers if I need to > do so? > > Thanks, > > Lorenzo Prince > I HATE MACROHARD, KNOWN TO SOME AS MICROSOFT! > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
