Microsoft Shutting Down MSN Messenger After 15 Years Of Service
Found on Airfuz on Sunday, 31 August 2014
Microsoft announced that they are shutting down the 15 year old MSN Messenger.
Microsoft is encouraging it's users to move to Skype. Users on MSN Messenger will have to shift to Skype within October 31. MSN users that move to Skype will also receive free credit.
"Will have to shift to Skype". Sure. Like there are no other instant messengers. ICQ/AIM still exists, so does YIM and (of course) IRC. Microsoft is really optimistic there when it assumes that users will just migrate to Skype for a few credits. Not to mention that, if you look around a bit, MS seems to have mutilated Skype since it's been bought what angered quite a few of the original userbase. A better solution would have been the integration of exisiting MSN users into Skype and just keep MSN running.