You think MS will take them to court for patent infringement or something stupid like that? <grin> -- Joseph C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 7:25 AM Subject: Re: More Microsoft nonsense--MSN Messenger > 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 at prince.homelinux.org> > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
