Corridor 9

Unfortunately, as we see so often, big corporations can still force the little man to do what they want when they have the money. Here is a clear cut example:

As many of you know I’ve been using Gaim for quite some time now. Gaim is a multi client instant messenger. Basically it allows me to chat with people on Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, and others all from one program instead of having to open a program for each network.

In the beginning the project was called GTK+ AOL Instant Messenger. Naturally AOL had a fit because their name was in the program name. So the developers changed the name to Gaim and AOL was satisfied for a while. When they trademarked AIM, they threw a fit again.

Well… it seems that their big money has finally forced the little man to do what they want yet again. Gaim will officially be known as Pidgin from here on out. This is a sad day for the open source community.

You can read more here: http://www.pidgin.im/index.php?id=177