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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Saturday, June 14, 2003 11:53:26 pm | by GregHarris | |
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-[MSN] is the World's most wostest
[InstantMessenger
] client . But lots of people use it so [ReneBartosh] does as well . Wow . He use's most of the major IM protocols as well . See [http://hblug.debian.co.nz/kirjava/] . Wow
.
+[MSN] stands for "The
[Microsoft
] Network"
.
-'' This isn't specifically correct
, [MSN
] is actually a division of
[Microsoft
] which provides internet access
and web based services
, one
of which happens
to be
an [IM
] protocol and client, which last time I checked was actually called [
Windows]
.NET Messenger - AlastairPorter
''
+In the Windows 95 (pre-Internet) days
, Microsoft wanted to set up something like AOL - an
[OSP
] as opposed to an
[ISP
] - that you could connect to the Internet through, but had enough content on it itself.
+
+Needless to say they got it wrong,
and MSN soon became an ISP
, ditched pretences
of offering dial in service outside of America, and moved
to being a [Yahoo]-like online portal.
+
+MSN is set to the home page for all new InternetExplorer installations, and thanks to a demonic deal New Zealand has XtraMSN. (Australia has NineMSN, and America actually has MSNBC!)
+
+One of the things MSN provide is
an [InstantMessenger
] protocol and client. (ReneBartosh uses it.) When Windows XP came out
, it segregated into two versions; the "
Windows (
.NET)
Messenger" (the .NET has been dropped) and MSN Messenger, for previous versions of Windows.
+
+There
's also an MSN Explorer, a Microsoft-ised version of the Microsoft-ised WebBrowser. Who
'da thunk it?
