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themoose
March 3rd, 2006, 11:24
OMFG WHAT UTTER BULL----

I HATE those chain emails. Not only do some spammers get my email address it makes me feel guilty that there are that many gullable dumbasses in the world. Grrr, really pisses me off.
Johnson
March 3rd, 2006, 11:29
It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money.
DarkBlood
March 3rd, 2006, 12:11
If MSNM would ever do that... I'm switching over *shudders* to AIM.
themoose
March 3rd, 2006, 12:12
Google Talk :p
DarkBlood
March 3rd, 2006, 12:17
I don't have a google username. :P
tandoc
March 3rd, 2006, 21:08
It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money.

No it's not. Nothing immoral with taking advantage of idiots who seriously believe emails so poorly worded :devious2: :bandit2:
uk_kk
March 3rd, 2006, 23:07
MSN will never charge as long as Google and Yahoo start charging for their Messengers
Matt8
March 3rd, 2006, 23:33
nobody will ever charge for IM, even though they are losing money providing the service. It just won't happen on the basis of market share. AOL doesn't have much else - i mean their ISP is failing...but they have AIM!
Wojtek
March 4th, 2006, 00:11
dont get me started with AOL.
custumer calls in today. bought a brand new computer. installed internet. uninstalled the preloaded aol thing. then couldnt establish pppoe connection, was getting some dialup errors and stuff. geez aol crap.
You probly wonder why I had to troobleshoot aol stuff.
well, it ----ed our antivirus too...
total call time: 1:15h

//end aol rant//
Matt8
March 5th, 2006, 23:03
i had a customer the other day complain for about 24 minutes about how her high speed wouldnt work...she brought her machine in, and it was because AOL was trying to compete with her other ISP (cox) and was winning.
Galaxy-Hosts.com
March 5th, 2006, 23:12
nobody will ever charge for IM, even though they are losing money providing the service. It just won't happen on the basis of market share. AOL doesn't have much else - i mean their ISP is failing...but they have AIM!Id be suprised if the were losing money. They put ads on the messenger and every message window. Seems like they should make alright.
Matt8
March 5th, 2006, 23:33
I think i read an artciel or two in the past that stated that AOL, MSN, Yahoo all lose money providing IM services.
Johnson
March 6th, 2006, 00:26
No it's not. Nothing immoral with taking advantage of idiots who seriously believe emails so poorly worded

Isn't that what I meant?
tandoc
March 6th, 2006, 00:54
I stand corrected!
Johnson
March 6th, 2006, 01:10
It's ok, sit down.
stuffradio
March 6th, 2006, 02:16
lol I agree.... I'd go with Google Talk.... or realize this is my chance to make my own IM network and get a bunch of ppl on that!
Death001
March 6th, 2006, 04:26
i got this email too, i didnt bother forwarding it, i dont forwardmost of the chain mails i get, this one was just stupid
themoose
March 6th, 2006, 11:31
I was fed up - because they were my school friends I replied and told them the truth.. that its BS.
DarkBlood
March 6th, 2006, 14:00
TM, do you need a google username for Google Talk? Because it sounds like you do....
themoose
March 6th, 2006, 14:04
Yes, although there is a workaround so you just need a jabber account.
DarkBlood
March 6th, 2006, 14:16
I don't have either, and I don't plan on it. Maybe after my WindowsXP (Bought for like 62 USD) comes in, I'll get like Trillian or something finally. LOL
Johnson
March 6th, 2006, 14:26
No matter what happens, there'll always be a free alternative.
DarkBlood
March 6th, 2006, 14:28
Duly noted. Now, who's up for some doughnuts? :P
Johnson
March 6th, 2006, 14:31
No joke, I could really go for 3, fresh, plain doughnuts.
DarkBlood
March 6th, 2006, 14:37
*Gives three doughnuts, plain.* There ya goes. But seriously now, MSNM is turning astray from what it used to be, I would not be surprised if I just upped and left it for good and switched over to something different.
Johnson
March 6th, 2006, 14:46
Yeah, I've had my eye on Google Talk for a while, but there are too few people on it.
stuffradio
March 6th, 2006, 14:54
has Google Talk inplemented confrencing yet? That'd kick! :p
themoose
March 6th, 2006, 15:00
Yeah, I've had my eye on Google Talk for a while, but there are too few people on it.

Bull! I have over 200 people on Gtalk.


has Google Talk inplemented confrencing yet? That'd kick! :p

No, but there's a couple of mods that let you do so.
DarkBlood
March 6th, 2006, 21:00
But do they all use it within a few days apart from eachother? :P Also, that's a hell of alot more than MSNM's limit of 155 or so!
stuffradio
March 6th, 2006, 21:13
Is the mod a plugin? Because I know you can do it but it's very hard to remember. You have to do some renaming of the file and have two instances open... it's confusing I did it like right when it came out but I hope there is something easier to use now, lol
DarkBlood
March 8th, 2006, 09:34
Is the mod a plugin? Because I know you can do it but it's very hard to remember. You have to do some renaming of the file and have two instances open... it's confusing I did it like right when it came out but I hope there is something easier to use now, lol

What modification are we talking about again? :S Also, there is this program called MSG! Plus for MSNM. Unfortunately I only used it until I got IE6, as I only needed MSG! Plus so I could get my history saved.
Leper
March 15th, 2006, 03:10
So i was curious about it after i got the email, and i stumbled on this here thread thanks to google, and thought id share some of my findings with all you worried people :wink2:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1189119.stm - Sunday, 25 February, 2001, 11:00 GMT

www.theregister.co.uk/2001/02/26/msn_to_charge_for_portal/ - Published Monday 26th February 2001 12:01 GMT

www.ecommercetimes.com/story/7771.html - 02/27/01 5:23 PM PT

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/Press/2002/Jul02/07-16MSN8BetaPR.mspx - July 16, 2002

www.theregister.co.uk/2002/07/17/ms_to_charge_for_msn/ - Published Wednesday 17th July 2002 11:23 GMT

am i making any sense?:P