---
title: "MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/8/23/msn-messenger-upgrade-blocks-trillian.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/8/23/msn-messenger-upgrade-blocks-trillian.html"
published: "2003-08-23T18:54:00"
updated: "2003-08-23T18:54:00"
tags: ["Blogging", "Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "This totally sucks . Instead of doing that, why don't MS do what Trillian did ,and allow us all to use the same client for multiple networks?"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian

By Roy Osherove August 23, 2003 In [Blogging](https://osherove.com/blog/category/blogging), [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published August 23, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

[This totally sucks](http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/cnet08-20-153502.asp?t=CNTEK). Instead of doing that, why don't MS do what [Trillian](http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/trillian/index.html) did ,and allow us all to use the same client for multiple networks?

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