AOL has fired the latest salvo at Trillian users who continue to connect to its AIM service by forcibly kicking them offline, a move mirroring the company's action against MSN Messenger in the past. AOL had previously only made efforts to block users of the independent client from connecting, but Cerulean Studios has been quick to release patches that bypass the blocks.
Trillian users report receiving a message from "AOL Instant Messenger" before being cut off, stating: "You have been disconnected from the AOL Instant Messaging Service (SM) for accessing the AOL network using unauthorized software. You can download a FREE fully featured, and authorized client, here http://www.aol.com/aim/download2.html"
It is not yet clear whether the disconnection has any impact on the other messaging services that may also be accessed via Trillian. Upon receipt of the same message in 1999, MSN Messenger users were forced to reconnect to Microsoft's service as well.
News source: Betanews
View: Similar story from 1999 - AOL Bot Forcibly Kicking MSN Users Off Service
Trillian users report receiving a message from "AOL Instant Messenger" before being cut off, stating: "You have been disconnected from the AOL Instant Messaging Service (SM) for accessing the AOL network using unauthorized software. You can download a FREE fully featured, and authorized client, here http://www.aol.com/aim/download2.html"
It is not yet clear whether the disconnection has any impact on the other messaging services that may also be accessed via Trillian. Upon receipt of the same message in 1999, MSN Messenger users were forced to reconnect to Microsoft's service as well.
News source: Betanews View: Similar story from 1999 - AOL Bot Forcibly Kicking MSN Users Off Service
The campaign marks Microsoft's first synchronized global advertising effort to promote the enterprise software that companies and organizations are increasingly using to run their operations worldwide and to create robust, scalable solutions for the connected world. It is also the first major ad campaign in which Microsoft will present the .NET platform to the general public. The campaign comes on the heels of several major milestones that demonstrate rapidly growing acceptance of .NET in the enterprise marketplace. With this campaign, Microsoft .NET is moving from an abstract vision of how the Internet can help businesses to become more connected toward realizing that vision with tangible business value.
Dubbed "One Degree of Separation," the campaign shows how companies, including Pfizer, Dollar Rent A Car and Trans World Entertainment, are already using .NET to respond quickly to customer needs, work more closely and productively with their partners and empower their employees. It includes four television spots in addition to a print campaign, created by advertising firm McCann Erickson San Francisco.
The broadcast and print campaign will appear in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, with commercials starting to roll out today and continuing over the next few weeks. An online ad component will feature enterprise solution success stories.
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