<s>
aMSN	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
free	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
clone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
aMSN	B-Protocol
attempted	O
to	O
emulate	O
the	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
of	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
supported	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
been	O
downloaded	O
approximately	O
40	O
million	O
times	O
as	O
of	O
January	O
2011	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
21st	O
most	O
downloaded	O
project	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
aMSN	B-Protocol
was	O
available	O
for	O
any	O
system	O
that	O
supports	O
Tcl/Tk	B-Application
8.5	O
or	O
higher	O
,	O
including	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
,	O
Macintosh	O
and	O
any	O
UNIX/Linux	O
variant	O
,	O
including	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
(	O
Nokia	O
's	O
internet	B-Device
tablets	I-Device
)	O
and	O
OpenSolaris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
aMSN	B-Protocol
was	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
previous	O
application	O
named	O
Compu	O
's	O
Messenger	O
(	O
ccmsn	O
)	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
21	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
by	O
Dave	O
Mifsud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alvaro	O
Iradier	O
made	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
with	O
his	O
own	O
version	O
,	O
aMSN	B-Protocol
(	O
Alvaro	O
's	O
Messenger	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
aMSN	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
22	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ccMSN/aMSN	O
was	O
in	O
fact	O
the	O
last	O
of	O
several	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
in	O
which	O
Didimo	O
worked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
aMSN	B-Protocol
was	O
well	O
known	O
for	O
quickly	O
implementing	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
official	O
client	B-Protocol
's	O
features	O
,	O
often	O
being	O
the	O
only	O
third-party	O
client	B-Protocol
that	O
supported	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
client	B-Protocol
that	O
supported	O
video	O
conferencing	O
on	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
2009	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
made	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
protocol	O
used	O
by	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
video	O
call	O
function	O
to	O
aMSN	B-Protocol
was	O
made	O
unusable	O
and	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
versions	O
0.98.3	O
and	O
0.98.4	O
of	O
aMSN	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2010	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
2011	O
,	O
which	O
removed	O
one-way	O
webcam	B-Protocol
functionality	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
aMSN	B-Protocol
was	O
left	O
with	O
no	O
practical	O
webcam	B-Protocol
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
What	O
I	O
'm	O
listening	O
to	O
"	O
personal	O
messages	O
(	O
from	O
a	O
third-party	O
plugin	O
;	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
music	O
programs	O
like	O
Amarok	B-Language
or	O
XMMS	B-Language
in	O
Linux	O
)	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Offline	O
messaging	B-Protocol
(	O
fully	O
functional	O
in	O
development	O
release	O
)	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Replication	O
of	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
's	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Display	O
pictures	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
manager	O
that	O
saves	O
old	O
display	O
pictures	O
like	O
the	O
one	O
in	O
the	O
official	O
client	B-Protocol
;	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
plugin	O
allowing	O
the	O
program	O
to	O
check	O
non-hotmail	O
POP3	B-Protocol
addresses	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Complete	O
emoticon	B-Protocol
support	O
,	O
including	O
custom	O
emoticons	B-Protocol
;	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
between	O
two	O
aMSN	B-Protocol
clients	O
(	O
from	O
a	O
plugin	O
)	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Webcam	B-Protocol
sessions	O
recording	O
;	O
</s>
