[jdev] Re: MSN: an open protocol?

[Mattias Campe]

Joe Hildebrand wrote:
> As far as I know, the MSN service uses MSNP, a proprietary which really
> doesn't have anything to do with SIMPLE.  The Live Communication Server
> (LCS) client uses a proprietary flavor of SIMPLE.
> 
> Hypothesis: the SIMPLE work wasn't complete in several areas, so MS had to
> roll its own protocol
> 
> Evidence: packet traces show lots of SIMPLE packets with x-vnd-microsoft
> MIME types
> 

Thnk you for the information!

Mattias