Pay Per IM
 

Whoever is trying to start up an instant messaging program now is way too late - especially if it costs money. They should definitely go fuck themselves.

that's for sure

Trillian kicks ass -- I may buy that Pro version -- looks really good!

And it's not too late for Trillian -- they have over 1 million people using it.

That title really sucks ass.

trillian 0.74 kick ass.:thumbsup

you must be mistaken, check out www.trillian.cc and see what the program is all about. i personally dont like the program too much. it lacks features that the actual messanger programs have. once they get those features, i will even pay the fee for the program.

kazaa already has the pro version of trillian :)

I'm surprised that not all companies are are doing that. If ad-free crap-free pro version of ICQ came out, I can see myself paying some low annual membership fee.

Yea, you can crack almost any software, but sometimes saving a few bucks may not be worth it. Someone could very easilly be distributing a fake or hacked version of software on kazaa that posts your password on some newsgroup. Most people wouldn't even notice, untill suddenly they can't log into their accounts.

Trillian is a great tool and give it a few years nothing will be free and kazza will be gone (maybe TGP's but thats it)

Why download trillian ICQ is free and with a certain patch it can be ad free.

Because Trillian is also free but you can have ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, IRC and AIM on it all at once. If you use more than one program, you should be using Trillian to save resources. It is really nice. I use it at the office cause I have MSN, ICQ and Yahoo on. At home, I just use MSN so I don't bother using Trillian for that.

I use Proteus. It is free. It supports ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Gadu-Gadu, and Jabber. It supports multiple accounts in all of them running at once. It has no advertisements, and most of the features of the major chat programs.

how do they make money if no advertisement?

Anyone have the problem of Trillian eating a contact list?