Майор Вихрь
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07/02/2008 [10:00]
Another ICQ protocol update, following the forced addition of a bot to users' contact lists, which offered to download the sixth version of the client, caused alternative clients to malfunction. When connecting to the familiar ICQ through QIP and some other programs, users received a message yesterday stating that the client version was outdated and needed to be updated for further use. Problems arose not only for Windows users but also for those using Mac OS X.
It can be assumed that in this way, the managers of the AOL company wanted to force hundreds of thousands of users to leave QIP and finally follow the call to download the sixth version of the "native" client. But the QIP developers reacted to the protocol change almost instantly, and yesterday evening a new version of the client (Build 8070) appeared on the program's website, which, once installed, allows users to continue communicating via ICQ without resorting to the ICQ 6 program.
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They really don't let you live in peace :) Now, purely out of principle, I won't use ICQ, only QIP =)
Another ICQ protocol update, following the forced addition of a bot to users' contact lists, which offered to download the sixth version of the client, caused alternative clients to malfunction. When connecting to the familiar ICQ through QIP and some other programs, users received a message yesterday stating that the client version was outdated and needed to be updated for further use. Problems arose not only for Windows users but also for those using Mac OS X.
It can be assumed that in this way, the managers of the AOL company wanted to force hundreds of thousands of users to leave QIP and finally follow the call to download the sixth version of the "native" client. But the QIP developers reacted to the protocol change almost instantly, and yesterday evening a new version of the client (Build 8070) appeared on the program's website, which, once installed, allows users to continue communicating via ICQ without resorting to the ICQ 6 program.
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They really don't let you live in peace :) Now, purely out of principle, I won't use ICQ, only QIP =)
O God of Earth and Altar,
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
Take away our pride.
G.K. Chesterton: English Hymnal
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
Take away our pride.
G.K. Chesterton: English Hymnal
