MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian

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Published Saturday, August 23, 2003 9:54 PM by RoyOsherove
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Saturday, August 23, 2003 6:11 PM by sirshannon

# re: MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian

because those networks do not want one program to access them all.
Saturday, August 23, 2003 6:13 PM by Roy Osherove

# re: MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian

Exactly. It's going against the user instead of towards them. Sucks.
Saturday, August 23, 2003 7:21 PM by Luci

# re: MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian

I think AOL patended its sooo special protocol and were trying to get on court with Trilian.
They also have non-aggression pacts, the one obvious being AOL-MS.
Saturday, August 23, 2003 8:07 PM by sirshannon

# re: MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian

I guess I misunderstood your question, I thought you were asking why MS didn't make a tool to communicate with IM networks that do not want MS to have access to (like AIM). Yes, it would be nice if there were an open universal IM protocol but there is not. The companies who made the protocols made the decision and it is not MS's place to decide if AIM should be open to everyone. That is AOL's decision and they have made it.
MS can not simply say "users want MSN to talk to AIM so we're going to h4X0r your protocol". Trillian (with nothing to lose) can and did. MS can't set a precident like that because turn-about is fair play. MS did the right thing in trying to get that universal protocol started with AOL a few years ago, AOL said no (and for good reason, it's close to the only thing they have that keeps people in the AOL circle).
Sunday, August 24, 2003 12:21 AM by Brian Desmond

# re: MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian

Works for me.
Sunday, August 24, 2003 12:27 AM by Matt Hawley

# re: MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian

I read on Trillian's website, that the "required upgrade for MSN Messenger Users" is primarily for security reasons...ie: get them using the new protocol that newer version of MSN Messenger relies on. Trillian Pro v2.0 (beta) currently is using this newer protocol, but the free version (and pro 1.0) currently do not. Its still unsure if MS will be not enabling Trillian (or any other 3rd party software) to connect until Oct. 15 actually rolls around, though ... so don't hold me to this comment. The possibility that Trillian Pro 2.0 beta will still function, is pretty good, since its using the newer security protocol.
Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:10 PM by TrackBack

# Trillian disconnected?

Saturday, August 30, 2003 1:24 PM by TrackBack

# MS Offers Licensing to Trillian

Sunday, October 05, 2003 4:28 PM by faisal

# re: MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian

plz stop this new msn 6.0 messenger
i have msn 4.6 i love this 4.6 messenger
Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:52 PM by s.hillman@earthlink.net

# re: MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian

i want to up grade msn free
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