[plug] MSN Messenger Overtakes ICQ - Survey

[Travis Read]

Give centericq a go (http://konst.org.ua/centericq/) It's an ncurses based
IM client that supports MSN/icq/irc/AIM etc. It rockz!

Trav

On 29 Apr 2002, Bill Kenworthy wrote:

> 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) 
> > 
>