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Now's your chance. According to Alfred Thompson's blog, Microsoft and Conversagent are giving away free licenses for their BuddyScript SDK for MSN Messenger. Now developers can build their own IM bots for MSN Messenger at no charge. The free license period lasts "at least six months," but the company will extend the licenses beyond the initial six month term for developers who create a groundbreaking bot.
Users have had the ability to create their own chat bots for a while. RunABot hosts an online community for bot builders, and there are already several software applications available for bot creation. The Conversagent SDK goes the extra step by allowing for integration with MSN Activities and Games.
I was thinking of creating a bot that stores the liner notes of every CD and LP in my record collection. Then, if I wanted to know who played bassoon on Sun Ra's "Outer Planes of There," I could just ask the bot instead of hitting the search engine. Or, even better, how about an irritable Dalek bot that responds to each and every chat request with "Exterminate"? Too geeky? Must be Friday afternoon...
Now's your chance. According to Alfred Thompson's blog, Microsoft and Conversagent are giving away free licenses for their BuddyScript SDK for MSN Messenger. Now developers can build their own IM bots for MSN Messenger at no charge. The free license period lasts "at least six months," but the company will extend the licenses beyond the initial six month term for developers who create a groundbreaking bot.
Users have had the ability to create their own chat bots for a while. RunABot hosts an online community for bot builders, and there are already several software applications available for bot creation. The Conversagent SDK goes the extra step by allowing for integration with MSN Activities and Games.
I was thinking of creating a bot that stores the liner notes of every CD and LP in my record collection. Then, if I wanted to know who played bassoon on Sun Ra's "Outer Planes of There," I could just ask the bot instead of hitting the search engine. Or, even better, how about an irritable Dalek bot that responds to each and every chat request with "Exterminate"? Too geeky? Must be Friday afternoon...