Comment 27 for bug 304889

This is very disappointing. I installed the new version of Ubuntu (9.10 amd64) on my new laptop (Dell Studio XPS) today. For an operating system that has spent time on high profile projects recently like Paper Cuts etc, to have something so basic fail is unbelievable. How am I meant to argue with my friends that Ubuntu is a viable alternative to Windows when it can't get something as simple as IM right?