Microsoft shuts down unmonitored chatrooms.

[Laukev7]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/970970.asp?0cv=CB20&cp1=1

For those who don't want to read MSN:

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/09/24/062218.shtml?tid=109&tid=126&tid=187&tid=95

[Refalm]

I hope those morons at MSN chat won't go to IRC instead...

And who the fuck is going to pay to chat in a chatroom? There are millions of free other ones...

[Xeen]

quote:Originally posted by Refalm:
I hope those morons at MSN chat won't go to IRC instead...

And who the fuck is going to pay to chat in a chatroom? There are millions of free other ones...

HA! Like that would stop Bill Gates if he wanted to charge people to use instant messaging.


Bill Gates: Hey, Steve, how do you feel about the idea of us charging for MSN chatting?

Steve Ballmer: I love it, but don't you think people will just go to AIM, IRC, or Yahoo?

Bill Gates: Not if I buy them  

[suselinux]

I have never actaully been in a chat room, I have only ever used IM clients.

so I can't say whether or not MS is right for trying to block out SPAMMERS and Creeps.

[Doctor V]

This is just another in a long line of M$ blunders that will eventually lead to their downfall.

[mushrooomprince]

Lets hope so dr. gentoo.