On April 8, Microsoft will discontinue its Windows Messenger service. All current users will be switched to Skype. The Free Software Foundation Europe advises former users of Windows Messenger to take this as an opportunity to embrace Open Standards such as Jabber (XMPP) instead of switching to Skype.
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What's wrong with proprietary IM (ICQ, AIM, YIM, MSN/WLM)
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Matija Šukle writes: "Exactly three months ago I wrote that I'm migrating to XMPP/Jabber and slowly leaving all proprietary IM protocols. In that blog post is also an example message I'm leaving my contacts why I'm doing it."
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Microsoft Inter-Nope: MSN No Longer for GNU/Linux Users?
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GNU/Linux users mostly unable to access Microsoft's IM protocols
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Urgent note from RMS
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" Boycott Yahoo, Hotmail, MSN, and WebTV for political censorship."
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Free Gizmo VoIP client rings up AIM, MSN
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Internet phone service provider SIPphone, whose Gizmo Project software enables Linux, Windows, and Mac users to make free phone calls using their PCs, announced this week that it has added support for the AOL Instant Messenger and MSN Messenger networks.
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