MSN

MSN is Microsoft's brand name for web services. Following an initial attempt at providing a proprietary ISP service (nearly nobody remembers that anymore, since it started way back before the browser wars), it then evolved into a full-blown portal, search engine and Instant Messaging service.

MSN Messenger is the IM service in most Portuguese networks (even corporate ones).

• msnp.py is a Python library that provides access to the MSN IM service.
• MSN Protocol and Projects
• miniChat

• msn-pecan is a plugin for Pidgin.
• Adium is a Mac OS X IM client that supports MSN and just about any other IM protocol (re-uses some Gaim libraries)
• Fire is a Mac OS X IM client that supports MSN.

• A-Patch, an application that completely removes the hideously intrusive advertising from the Windows MSN client.

• Most of the Windows logos on the latest MSN client for the Mac can be replaced by transparent PNG files without any ill effects.