Saturday, December 24, 2005

Next Microsoft IM passes auctioned on eBay


Developers itching to test drive Microsoft's latest instant messenger can now bid for an invitation to join the test program on eBay. Some 70 invitations to the Windows Live Messenger 8 beta test program have been posted on eBay, with many sellers looking to make around $25.00 per invitation.
The beta program has been made available to a limited audience of private testers, although program participants have been issued with a number of invitations for friends, family or "the highest bidder." Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger team said the program's size was restricted to limit the hits on its back-end servers.

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