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Microsoft is scrapping Windows Live Messenger Goodbye Windows live Messenger | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 27375870  Canada11/09/2012 09:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Microsoft to drop Messenger, switch to Skype Microsoft is scrapping its instant-messaging program and forcing most users to switch to Skype. Maintaining Windows Live Messenger made less sense after Microsoft Corp. bought Skype for $8.5 billion last year. A new version of Skype released a few weeks ago allows users to sign in with a Microsoft account. By merging the two services, people won't have to maintain two separate contact lists. Microsoft says much has changed in how people communicate. There's more use of text messaging and social networking, for instance. Microsoft said in Tuesday's announcement that Messenger users who switch to Skype will get benefits such as the ability to call landline and mobile phones and better support on mobile devices. Except for mainland China, Messenger will be discontinued worldwide after the first quarter of 2013. [link to blogs.msdn.com] [link to www.cbsnews.com]  |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 815535 United States11/09/2012 10:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Microsoft to drop Messenger, switch to Skype Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27375870 Microsoft is scrapping its instant-messaging program and forcing most users to switch to Skype. Maintaining Windows Live Messenger made less sense after Microsoft Corp. bought Skype for $8.5 billion last year. A new version of Skype released a few weeks ago allows users to sign in with a Microsoft account. By merging the two services, people won't have to maintain two separate contact lists. Microsoft says much has changed in how people communicate. There's more use of text messaging and social networking, for instance. Microsoft said in Tuesday's announcement that Messenger users who switch to Skype will get benefits such as the ability to call landline and mobile phones and better support on mobile devices. Except for mainland China, Messenger will be discontinued worldwide after the first quarter of 2013. [link to blogs.msdn.com] [link to www.cbsnews.com] Anyone that uses a messenger service still is a tool. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 22496434 United States11/09/2012 10:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 27377744 United States11/09/2012 11:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 24698019 United States11/09/2012 11:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1337218  Japan11/10/2012 12:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hotmail was great until microsnot "assimilated it" then it became Mountains of Spam News messenger. Skype was great until it was again gobbled up by the windows monster and features that once "free" such as screen sharing on windows at least, became chargeable services. I expect over the next few months that skype will morph into some hideous remnant of its former self full of spam and ad-ware and people will be paying just to get rid of the ever increasing animated commercial banners that will be taking up half of the video frame. At least for now they cannot get their greedy meddling hands on facetime. |
| Ambassador Grantor User ID: 4033464 United States11/10/2012 01:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Microsoft to drop Messenger, switch to Skype Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27375870 Microsoft is scrapping its instant-messaging program and forcing most users to switch to Skype. Maintaining Windows Live Messenger made less sense after Microsoft Corp. bought Skype for $8.5 billion last year. A new version of Skype released a few weeks ago allows users to sign in with a Microsoft account. By merging the two services, people won't have to maintain two separate contact lists. Microsoft says much has changed in how people communicate. There's more use of text messaging and social networking, for instance. Microsoft said in Tuesday's announcement that Messenger users who switch to Skype will get benefits such as the ability to call landline and mobile phones and better support on mobile devices. Except for mainland China, Messenger will be discontinued worldwide after the first quarter of 2013. [link to blogs.msdn.com] [link to www.cbsnews.com] They need to scrap windows 8.... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21693592 United States11/10/2012 01:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Victorian User ID: 6443788 Canada11/10/2012 01:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Dr. Astro Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 4211721 United States11/10/2012 01:40 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 26014938  Poland11/10/2012 01:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 13804958 Canada11/10/2012 02:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| McFly User ID: 27430014 Canada11/10/2012 03:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They need to scrap windows 8.... Absolutely!! It sux!  I agree. There is not words to describe windoze 8 Who want a pc that feels like a giant iphone? Worst interface ever. Live messenger was a pioneer but xmpp is the new standard, and soon enough most network will be compatible. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 13641821 United States11/10/2012 03:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 27413151  United Kingdom11/10/2012 04:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Absolutely!! It sux! I agree. There is not words to describe windoze 8 Who want a pc that feels like a giant iphone? Worst interface ever. Live messenger was a pioneer but xmpp is the new standard, and soon enough most network will be compatible. Its for touch screen devices, mainly media, its not ment to be used as a standard OS. Thats the direction all OS will go. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 18371493 United States11/10/2012 04:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Citizenperth User ID: 27298204  Australia11/10/2012 04:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | windoz8... doom..... It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
| Mulehound User ID: 27424088 United States11/10/2012 05:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| ajk User ID: 1114631 United States11/10/2012 05:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I love the fact that every time a big change like this is made there is SUCH care for how it will effect the users. Oh wait........nevermind. No one is perfect. A babe before walking will first stumble and fall many times but NEVER gives up until he succeeds. Always remember, ultimately, to never follow any person's belief. Your relationship with God is between you and God. If nothing else, remember this: religion = subservience, control and conformity, the same template as EVERY government "Most believers would kill truth if truth threatened their religion." L. K. Washburn "This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines not able to take care of themselves." Robert Ingersoll "If anyone wants to know how God feels, it's a warm light as if the sun is poking through dark clouds and lifting your spirits with pure joy." |
| Narcoleptic Shill User ID: 19579172 United States11/10/2012 06:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| SteamrolledGobias User ID: 15716609 United States11/10/2012 07:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Billxam User ID: 19542178 United States11/10/2012 07:14 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just take a look at what Skype does when it's running. Take a look at how many ports it opens, how your computer is used as a node and where your traffic is routed through. It's not secure in the least. Look forward to all the Skype service packs.  Proud to be UnV'd There is one constant in life: If you build something worth having, someone will try to take it or destroy it. Proud member of A Brotherhood Against Totalitarian Enactments, Americans Who Hate Aging, proud supporter of attractive women. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 19107630 Australia11/10/2012 07:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Citizenperth User ID: 27298204 Australia11/10/2012 07:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
| SteamrolledGobias User ID: 15716609 United States11/10/2012 07:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | xmpp has redefined how chats work and it's definitely the next standard of industry. Also I don't know about anyone else, but I personally miss using Windows XP. Fuck Win8 down to hell. Win7 is usable and so was Vista but XP will forever be my favorite OS. Last Edited by SteamrolledGobias on 11/10/2012 07:36 AM |
| Laura Bow User ID: 1158661 United States11/10/2012 08:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 27443960 United States11/10/2012 08:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hotmail was great until microsnot "assimilated it" then it became Mountains of Spam News messenger. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1337218 Skype was great until it was again gobbled up by the windows monster and features that once "free" such as screen sharing on windows at least, became chargeable services. I expect over the next few months that skype will morph into some hideous remnant of its former self full of spam and ad-ware and people will be paying just to get rid of the ever increasing animated commercial banners that will be taking up half of the video frame. At least for now they cannot get their greedy meddling hands on facetime. AMEN! Hotmail was great when it was lean and simple. So was Google. The Peter Principle in action. People can NOT leave well enough alone, and their egos are too large to allow side-by-side applications, so people can vote with their usage. If there was an option "old Hotmail" or "old Google", the bloated piles of shit they have designed would go down the drain INSTANTLY, along with the designers and bean counters egos. |
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