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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Newby on October 12, 2005, 12:29:22 AM

Title: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Newby on October 12, 2005, 12:29:22 AM
http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Yahoo_to_Link_IM_Networks/1129075667

Hehehe. Yay. Now I don't have to get a yahoo account to bug Quik! :P
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Joe on October 12, 2005, 12:37:53 AM
They implemented the oscar protocol in MSN once too. It didn't go over very well =p
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: drka on October 12, 2005, 12:46:40 AM
grrrr

i just saw that on Google's Personalized home and was about to post it :(

anyways this looks sweet. although i wonder if i have to use my MSN or my Yahoo account to sign in...
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Quik on October 12, 2005, 12:59:09 AM
Only worth something to the people who use the MSN client purely. Users on Gaim can have MSN and Yahoo accounts simultaniously, and therefore this is quite pointless. But oh well.
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Newby on October 12, 2005, 01:02:40 AM
Quote from: Quik on October 12, 2005, 12:59:09 AM
Only worth something to the people who use the MSN client purely. Users on Gaim can have MSN and Yahoo accounts simultaniously, and therefore this is quite pointless. But oh well.

That is why it stated this was to counteract products such as Trillian. :P
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Sidoh on October 12, 2005, 01:08:33 AM
I would rather use something that's built by the makers of the network to merge their two chat protocols than a make-shift project someone's made.

Gaim's great, but it's glitchy in my experiences.
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Ergot on October 12, 2005, 01:19:55 AM
OMG, there's going to be Yahoo newbies on MSN T_T. How will their features mix o_O ?
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Armin on October 12, 2005, 01:25:36 AM
So I wonder how the protocol for YIM and MSN will change, and how it will effect programs such as Trillian and Gaim.
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Joe on October 12, 2005, 01:28:21 AM
If it affects Gaim, I'll tell people from yahoo and MSN to change to AIM if they value talking to me, and stop using YIM and MSN.
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Ergot on October 12, 2005, 01:29:54 AM
The interesting thing is that everyone clowns AOL as an ISP but love their IM service ;P
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Sidoh on October 12, 2005, 01:35:00 AM
I hate AOL and AIM, TBH.
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Armin on October 12, 2005, 01:36:38 AM
I don't really like AIM, but I use it because that's what everyone I know uses.
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Super_X on October 12, 2005, 01:40:03 AM
I use GAIM and  Trillian. I think it's funny when Joe thinks I'm on GAIM and trys to h4x my GAIM encryption key while I'm on Trillian.
Title: Re: MSN + Yahoo merging IM networks
Post by: Joe on October 12, 2005, 08:02:11 AM
Yeah, you probably should stop switching back and forth, seeing as how you're on auto-encrypt..