[plug] MSN Messenger Overtakes ICQ - Survey

[Bill Kenworthy]

try gabber - from freshmeat:

About:
Gabber is a Jabber client for GNOME. Jabber is a flexible distributed
Open Source instant messaging system. It also happens to allow
communication with other instant messaging systems, such as ICQ, AIM,
Yahoo!, MSN, and even IRC. Gabber aims to implement quite a bit of
Jabber's functionality while remaining easy to use. 

My daughter was using on MSN and others with gabber up until I gave in
to the constant whinge "I want windows" - gabber seemed quite OK, but
the kids actually seem to miss the horrible push advertising and bells
and whistles!  I use Licq, but most of the people I kept in contact with
seem to have moved on.

BillK

On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 06:27, Jacqueline McNally wrote:
> According to a survey by Jupiter Media Metrix, more
> Australians now use MSN Messenger than the once-dominant
> ICQ.
> 
> MSN Messenger is now used by over 3.1 million Australians,
> according to a March survey by researchers at Jupiter Media
> Metrix. ICQ, however, has not maintained its initial leadership
> and growth rate and now boasts 1.78 million users.
> 
> Yahoo Messenger tallied 773,000 users and AOL Instant
> Messenger recorded 382,000 users to take third place. Of
> course, many Internet users have multiple IM applications on
> their computers.
> 
> The study, compiled from regular surveys of 2,000 households
> and businesses, also found 64% of Australian teenagers who
> use the Net also use MSN Messenger.
> 
> The key to MSN Messenger's success in Australia is in its
> integration with Australia's most popular portal site NineMSN
> and Webmail service Hotmail, Jupiter Media Metrix senior
> analyst Foad Fadaghi told The Update.
> 
> "MSN is now bundled with Windows XP and will grow even
> more popular as the 'default' IM option," he added.
> 
> From: The Update (Contact acreed at netspace.net.au for subscriptions)
> 
> I am aware of the NineMSN site as one of the training groups in town, have 
> the home page of their training machines set to NineMSN. The first 10 
> minutes of the "How to Use the Internet" training session that I was 
> conducting turned into "How to Change Your Home Page" :)
> 
> I visited the site only yesterday, following a link as you do :) A TV show 
> has a competition where the prize is a booth at CeBIT Australia, Darling 
> Harbour later next month. I thought this would be useful for one of the 
> OpenOffice.org community, a consultant (Linux) based in NSW.
> 
> So MSN is on your computer when you get it (we don't seem to buy whole 
> ones), but how much of a pull is the NineMSN site ?
> 
> Is IM content driven or is it a place that you go because of the people you 
> meet ? What do PLUGgers use on their Linux boxes ?
> 
> As you might guess, I don't use IM and if I receive email messages to say 
> so and so wants to chat, I usually trash them. If I know the person, I 
> remind them that I don't have the necessary software loaded on my machine.
> 
> Why I am asking, is that some recipients of Computer Angels computers have 
> asked about it, as they have seen *it* on TV, and when they visit sites 
> such as NineMSN.
> 
> I look forward to your thoughts and suggestions.
> 
> All the best
> Jacqueline
> http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/users/zenryaku/
> 
> Community Contact, Australia/New Zealand
> OpenOffice.org Marketing Project
> (www.openoffice.org)
> 
> Are you a computer angel? (www.ca.asn.au) 
>