ICQ x Windows Messenger

[Weber Ress]

Hi,

What's the technical diferences betwen Windows Messenger and ICQ ? I use
both, but the ICQ Network have 120 millions of users, a great sucesss. The
ICQ is the "state-of-art" in IM enviroment. ?

Thank's

Weber

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Weber,

Messenger has about 101 million users (last I heard anyway) and has been growing
exponentially for a long time.

I wouldn't consider ICQ to be "state of the art", although it has been around for a long
time, and has developed some usual features. From a technical aspect however, although I
haven't examined the ICQ protocol personally in awhile, there are some issues that are still
present (for example, sending a message to someone and it simply just sits there, and never
sends).

There's plenty of documentation on the web about both the ICQ and Messenger protocols.

ICQ:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=icq+protocol

..NET Messenger:
http://www.hypothetic.org/docs/msn/index.php
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Weber Ress" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> What's the technical diferences betwen Windows Messenger and ICQ ? I use
> both, but the ICQ Network have 120 millions of users, a great sucesss. The
> ICQ is the "state-of-art" in IM enviroment. ?
>
> Thank's
>
> Weber
>
>

[Weber Ress]

Thank's !!

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings Weber,
>
> Messenger has about 101 million users (last I heard anyway) and has been
growing
> exponentially for a long time.
>
> I wouldn't consider ICQ to be "state of the art", although it has been
around for a long
> time, and has developed some usual features. From a technical aspect
however, although I
> haven't examined the ICQ protocol personally in awhile, there are some
issues that are still
> present (for example, sending a message to someone and it simply just sits
there, and never
> sends).
>
> There's plenty of documentation on the web about both the ICQ and
Messenger protocols.
>
> ICQ:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=icq+protocol
>
> .NET Messenger:
> http://www.hypothetic.org/docs/msn/index.php
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Windows MVP, Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>
> "Weber Ress" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > What's the technical diferences betwen Windows Messenger and ICQ ? I use
> > both, but the ICQ Network have 120 millions of users, a great sucesss.
The
> > ICQ is the "state-of-art" in IM enviroment. ?
> >
> > Thank's
> >
> > Weber
> >
> >
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Weber,

You're very welcome =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Weber Ress" > wrote in message
...
> Thank's !!
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Greetings Weber,
> >
> > Messenger has about 101 million users (last I heard anyway) and has been
> growing
> > exponentially for a long time.
> >
> > I wouldn't consider ICQ to be "state of the art", although it has been
> around for a long
> > time, and has developed some usual features. From a technical aspect
> however, although I
> > haven't examined the ICQ protocol personally in awhile, there are some
> issues that are still
> > present (for example, sending a message to someone and it simply just sits
> there, and never
> > sends).
> >
> > There's plenty of documentation on the web about both the ICQ and
> Messenger protocols.
> >
> > ICQ:
> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=icq+protocol
> >
> > .NET Messenger:
> > http://www.hypothetic.org/docs/msn/index.php
> > ____________________________________________
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Windows MVP, Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >
> > "Weber Ress" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > What's the technical diferences betwen Windows Messenger and ICQ ? I use
> > > both, but the ICQ Network have 120 millions of users, a great sucesss.
> The
> > > ICQ is the "state-of-art" in IM enviroment. ?
> > >
> > > Thank's
> > >
> > > Weber
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>