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What do you all think about Microsoft’s decision to pull it’s MSN Chat service?

Posted on Wed, 24 September 2003 at 07:57

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prisonbreaker wrote:

they only do it in america, don’t they? but i don’t care too much about it cos i never use it, besides there are enough alternatives which are free, so it’s also a very stupid dissision
but hey, Bill, it’s your company

Posted on Wed, 24 September 2003 at 13:17

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Body Bag Girl Iris wrote:

There are 2 MSN-chat versions…
MSN-chat and MSN-messenger
All MSN-chats will be blocked on 14 october,
MSN-messenger will stay alive as far as I know (I hope so, ‘cause it’s a great way to communicate with my friends from far and WOM)

Posted on Wed, 24 September 2003 at 15:07

#3

Citizen Erased wrote:

Would be very, very sad to see Messenger go - can’t seem to log on to it tonight though…

Posted on Wed, 24 September 2003 at 18:57

#4

Barbie wrote:

I really hope they keep messenger.
I never use chatrooms and I think they do more harm than good. Apparently AOL have already got rid of their chatrooms or something but they never announced it officially.

Posted on Wed, 24 September 2003 at 20:36

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not_that_kind_of_guy (a story on the radio) wrote:

i agree, messenger is good as it’s an easy way to stay in contact (especially with long distance friends etc thus avoiding huge phone bills) but the chatrooms are a bad idea anyway. i never use them and i think they aren’t safe, especially for younger people. however i do think it’s a bit fucked up that things have to get so bad that they just shut them down. i suppose it’s a reflection of the world we live in really.

xxx

Posted on Wed, 24 September 2003 at 21:01

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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

The thing is, they’re keeping messenger and you can do a group conversation in that anyway so if you’re just meeting for a chat with friends it’s easy enough to do that instead.

I used to use chatrooms a lot, tend to stick to message boards nowadays so doesn’t really affect me but I think what they’ve done is fair enough. Still, maybe we should have one last party in our MSN room on the 13th? :D

Posted on Wed, 24 September 2003 at 22:53

#7

RobbyVDH wrote:

Microsoft sucks :mad:

Sorry, I work for the competition so I’m getting paid to say that :D

Posted on Thu, 25 September 2003 at 18:00

#8

Citizen Erased wrote:

Yeah, but we’re kind of stuck with them and have to make the best we can - realistic alteratives appreciated!

Posted on Thu, 25 September 2003 at 23:28

#9

smurftastic wrote:

get a mac? use linux?

For chats - use Yahoo?

There are alternatives out there for everything that Microsoft are involved in - you just got to search for them. And you have to be prepared for some inter-operability issues. The only real benefit of using Microsoft products is that you can be pretty certain that everything will hang together reasonably well, and usually on the first pass.

Posted on Fri, 26 September 2003 at 10:10

#10

RobbyVDH wrote:

Citizen Erased wrote:

Yeah, but we’re kind of stuck with them and have to make the best we can - realistic alteratives appreciated!

Sun Microsystems my friend ;)

Posted on Fri, 26 September 2003 at 15:09

#11

Bad Karma wrote:

I never used the chatrooms so it won’t really affect me,i just use the messenger every now and again.I don’t think its a good idea to out personal information in chatrooms.

Posted on Fri, 26 September 2003 at 15:56

#12

White Psycho wrote:

Messenger hasn’t let me sign in since I moved to uni! Its really pissing me off! No one else in my block is having the same trouble

Posted on Fri, 26 September 2003 at 19:34

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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

My Messenger has randomly decided that instead of checking my Hotmail, it will now open Outlook Express when I try to email - can’t figure out how to tell it off for this, any clues?

Posted on Fri, 26 September 2003 at 23:44

#14

Bad Karma wrote:

White Psycho wrote:

Messenger hasn’t let me sign in since I moved to uni! Its really pissing me off! No one else in my block is having the same trouble

Maybe you should uninstall and download messenger again?

Or get someone else to try and sign in on you’re pc to see what happens.

Posted on Sat, 27 September 2003 at 10:24

#15

White Psycho wrote:

I’ve uninstalled it and reinstalled it, no help at all. Might try it again though

Posted on Sat, 27 September 2003 at 13:13

#16

xeron wrote:

It doesn’t bother me; MSN’s websites really suck anyway (especially if, like me, you use an extreme niche operating system with poor browser support ;-) ), but anyway… I usually use IRC if I want to chat with a bunch of people online. I do use MSN messenger to keep in touch with a few friends, though.

Posted on Thu, 2 October 2003 at 12:50

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Mr_Bob wrote:

hoochalobster wrote:

My Messenger has randomly decided that instead of checking my Hotmail, it will now open Outlook Express when I try to email - can’t figure out how to tell it off for this, any clues?

i know whats wrong there just hard to explain

and when was the last time you where on msn messnger!!!

Posted on Mon, 6 October 2003 at 22:16

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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

I’m crap at being on Messenger! I just like it to tell me if it’s worth checking my Hotmail (answer is invariably no anyway, unless I really do want to enlarge my penis or get compensation for my unfortunate accident). As it happens, it then refused to let me log in at all unless I downloaded the new version, and that has solved the problem. Except now I have to change hard drives cause of some ISP thing so will have to redownload everything anyway. BAH. I do apologise for the length of this whinge :D.

Posted on Mon, 6 October 2003 at 22:40

#19

Citizen Erased wrote:

Crap at being on messenger? I hadn’t noticed… Assume your penis is of suitable dimensions already(unless you’ve had an unfortunate accident) ;)

Was so hung over on Sun - couldn’t remember much of the night before, but had all these obscure texts on my phone…

Posted on Tue, 7 October 2003 at 17:12

#20

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Oh God, not you too? Have very little recollection of the night myself but apparently was randomly texting people quotes from So I Married An Axe Murderer (‘you are my eyes’, ‘head! paper! now!’ etc). Several confused people come Sunday morning :o

Posted on Tue, 7 October 2003 at 19:50

#21

Citizen Erased wrote:

Showed my mates (and new chums) and they all seemed as perplexed as me. They now think I attract weirdoes

Posted on Tue, 7 October 2003 at 20:44

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