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    Posted: 24 September 2003 at 10:34am

"Microsoft says it will drop chat room services in 28 countries next month..."

I'll bet this is going to tick off millions of people...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/24/microsoft.chat/i ndex.html
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hope they don't do the same with MSN...
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Originally posted by zMaestro zMaestro wrote:

hope they don't do the same with MSN...

oh sorry, as long as there are still yahoo messenger and ICQ... they won't
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Originally posted by zMaestro zMaestro wrote:

hope they don't do the same with MSN...

If i'm reading the article correctly, this IS in regards to the MSN chat rooms.
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i think it is that the chat rooms dont make any money so they are closing them and using the excuse "its for the children".... a pa stunt

thats my view anyway
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that's what the article states too. microsoft is not making any money, so they are forcing people to go to paid sites for chatting with their msn buddies.
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Originally posted by KCWebMonkey KCWebMonkey wrote:

Originally posted by zMaestro zMaestro wrote:

hope they don't do the same with MSN...

If i'm reading the article correctly, this IS in regards to the MSN chat rooms.

I think there is a difference between MSN Chat Rooms and MSN Messenger!!



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I dont know, if I was the head of Microsoft and my chatrooms where causing death/rape etc etc I would probably follow the same path.  Its probably a morally good choice to make in the long run.  Im happy for them to go down even if it helps save one life in a hundred years.
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