More Microsoft nonsense--MSN Messenger

[Chris]

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!
>
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