Broadband - Voip

A couple of months ago, search engine giants Google shipped an innovative software combo named Google Pack which included some free and shareware applications with a common installer. It included some well known applications like Trillian, RealPlayer, Mozilla Firefox and popular Google’s own applications.

However, the latest news on this front is that Google has dumped the popular instant messaging client Trillian out of this pack. And they have not exactly given an explanation for this action.

Scott Werndorfer, Cerulean Studios’ co-founder and head developer said in a statement on this development: “Our goals are seemingly no longer perfectly aligned with those of Google. Their reasons for removing Trillian are their own and were not made available to us. We harbor no ill-will towards them and wish them the best of luck; they’re going to need it.”

The application has been popular for users who want to access multiple messaging protocols from a single interface. They enable the users to access a variety of IM services, such as America Online’s AIM, Yahoo’s Yahoo Messenger and Microsoft’s MSN Messenger from a single application.

A Google representative said in a statement: “Google Pack is currently in beta, and the selection of software available through the Pack will continue to evolve.” No other explanations were given.

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