interesting convo........it sounds like a bunch of jealous lovers feuding over a woman........
Funny
Well, Deanne is from VSIXc so maybe that has something to do with it.
Anyway, I'm not saying it is right to use the ocx without msn's permission, but buzzen is moving on replacing msn's ocx with their own (which is like msn's ocx with few extra features) . Not to mention, you will be able use client of your choice in buzzen's new system if it is compatible with Net-Bits.Net IRC Server's client template system. Supported clients include:
1. Buzzen chat control (activex control)
2. Flash chat client 1.0 (adobe flash based chat).
3. IRCwx web chat 2.0 (ajax based chat. You can check the preview version here: http://www.net-bits.net/flashchat20beta/chat.htm )
4. Net-Bits.Net chat control (activex control; preview in winter holidays this year).
5. ViperBot 4.0 (preview in winter holidays too this year).
6. cgi-irc client (perl based client; works with msntv2).
7. webtv/msntv2 built-in client support.
8. mirc
9. pirch
Buzzen gets 5000+ users in peak hours and 3000+ normally in off-peak hours. This is a very high load and difficult to handle even for well established irc server software available on the net. However, buzzen's new servers will run like a breeze against heavy load like this.
Buzzen's new chat website will have very cool new features that are mentioned on buzzen forum.