"Users have to upgrade to the latest versions of MSN or Windows Messenger by Oct. 15 or they will no longer be able to log on, Microsoft spokesman Sean Sundwall said. The upgrade is required because of "security issues" with the older versions of the Messenger clients, he said, declining to specify those issues."
Upgrading and not being backwards compatible is rarely a problem when it comes to free software. I'm just curious exactly why MS is making this move. I'm sure we'll find out over the next few days.
"Besides those older Messenger clients, the move also affects IM software such as Trillian, Imici and Odigo that allow users to consolidate multiple IM accounts in one client, Sundwall said."
According to this story MS is "interested in interoperating with all third parties". I hope they take this opportunity to make it happen. Everyone, I repeat _everyone_, will be a winner when the different IM applications (from Yahoo, AOL etc) are able to connect to each other. But that's another story (and one that I have covered in columns for both CIO Sweden and Irish Times) for another time.
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