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Wed, 13 Aug 2008
Open Source IM Client
Pidgin is an open source IM client. I just installed it on a Windows machine at work. (I know, it is appalling to mention Windows. Sorry). It works and looks great. I recommend it to anyone who finds herself stuck using Windows.
I found myself growing weary of the antiquated look of Gaim. It looked like some cheesy Linux app hastily ported over to windows. I finally decided to look around for something better.
It is axiomatic in software circles that people don't bother to upgrade software when their existing stuff gets the job done without causing too much pain.
Apparently that is true even for software developers.
The other hilarous part is that Pidgin turns out to BE Gaim refreshed and renamed after some legal hassles with AOL. (As if we needed any more reasons to hate AOL).