__/ [ Rafael ] on Sunday 10 June 2007 12:28 \__
> 7 wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> http://images.linspire.com/MSLicense.swf
>>>
>>> Related:
>>>
>>> Unusable EULA's
>>>
>>> ,----[Quote] Microsoft's instant messenger app had a
>>> surprisingly readable EULA, but was a snooze-inducing 12
>>> pages and 6,343 words long. `----
>>>
>>> http://www.usabilityblog.com/blog/archives/2007/03/unusable_eulas.php
>>
>> Micoshaft Corporation control freaks gone mad again. They need
>> to control you with 12 pages of license agreements over an
>> instant messenger program when similar source code is freely
>> available for things like open source Gaim instant messenger.
>
> I am Gaim for that (messenger alternate that is). :-)
It's called Pidgin now (due to silly trademark conflicts). :-(
Speaking of which, their domain is now being typo-squatted by aMSN. I used
aMSN back in 2004, but then I quit IM for good, having started with IRC when
I was about 14. IRC, IM and VoIP are no a risky business of worms and
zombies if one uses Windows. A few years later, Windows zombies rendered
E-mail utterly useless (signal to noise ratio makes it worthless to many). I
ended up with Wikis over 2 years ago. When will that medium be ruined as
well? Even SMS is being flooded and littered these days. I gave up on
cellphones 3 years ago, but 'marketing' SMS wasn't the only reason.
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