MSN Messenger 6.0 - Confirmed July 17th Release Date
Posted by Tom Warren on 30 June 2003 - 10:35 · 13 comments & 2434 views
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#1 Posted by altezza on 30 Jun 2003 - 11:00
- I'll get it once it released. Not the public version but rather wait it is officially released
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#2 Posted by Quick Reply on 30 Jun 2003 - 11:01
- What would be really cool in MSN6 is more games... games like BATTLESHIP and CHESS!
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#3 Posted by Quick Reply on 30 Jun 2003 - 11:44
- edit: double post
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#4 Posted by Fubar on 30 Jun 2003 - 12:08
- cant wait for the final..... been using the public beta for ages and its great
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#5 Posted by Yakkob on 30 Jun 2003 - 13:34
- <sarcasm mode>
ooooh...can't wait
</sarcasm mode>
Soz, but I had to...and b4 you start it's not aimed at anyone
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#6 Posted by ComaBlack on 30 Jun 2003 - 14:44
- Q. Which version of MSN Messenger will work on Windows XP?
A. No version of MSN Messenger will run on Windows XP. Windows XP is delivering a great feature through Windows Messenger that offers consumers that next level of communications capabilities. Rather than enable both Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger to be installed on the same PC simultaneously, creating potential user confusion, Microsoft will work to ensure that MSN Messenger will not install on a PC running Windows XP. Because Windows Messenger is interoperable with MSN Messenger’s features, people using Windows XP can communicate with people using earlier versions of Windows or other supported operating systems.
This is a really funny quote taken from http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/pro/techinfo/administration/rtcfaq/default.asp
This whole both clients at the same time DOES cause confusion. Microsoft should make it a one or the other thing. I am sure in a past beta you could choose which client to run. Why was this feature dropped? -
#6.1 Posted by Sawyer12 on 30 Jun 2003 - 19:33
- I dont understand, Does this mean that the new MSN 6 wont work on XP ?
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#7 Posted by Hova on 30 Jun 2003 - 17:04
- MSN Messenger, with MSN plus, I'll be happy.
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#8 Posted by d1301 on 30 Jun 2003 - 23:00
- Can't wait for this release, I have a feeling it will leak beforehand... ...maybe
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#9 Posted by Gary_Player on 01 Jul 2003 - 04:41
- Hopefully they'll get rid off all the gay extras...the only thing I dindt really like about the preview was that it has all these stupid buttons that are constantly in your face...theyre all the ones for the new features though, I guess they just wanted everyone to notice they are there...kind of annoying though, I like it but I like the more streamlined older versions too...ARG! Indecision is a bizzerganitch!
As we previously announced a month ago, Microsoft have confirmed the date of July 17th for the Official launch of MSN Messenger 6.
Over at the internal Messenger site you can clearly see Microsoft are preparing the official release due in just over two weeks time. This release will be huge and will mark 4 years from when MSN Messenger 1.0 was originally released.
On the internal site you can see Windows Messenger has been removed for download. This brings us back to the debate about MSNM vs WM.
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Per-user licensing "makes total sense," said Peter Pawlak, a lead analyst with independent research firm Directions on Microsoft, in Kirkland, Wash.
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Also, Microsoft's Mobile Information Server (MIS) has been rolled into Exchange Server 2003. It was previously sold as an add-on to Exchange 2000 Server. MIS allows users to access Exchange via a cell phone, or Pocket PC handheld computer.
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Support for Exchange 5.5 will be available through the end of the year; after that a customer will have to buy extended support if needed, Stern said.
Exchange Server 2003 runs on Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003, so customers running NT 4.0 also have to upgrade their operating environment when moving to a newer e-mail server. Some of the features of Exchange Server 2003, such as eight-node clustering and volume shadow copy services, are not supported when used with Windows 2000.
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