Microsoft holds off on shooting Windows Live Messenger
Extra three weeks before the axe falls
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Microsoft's firing squad has put off the execution of Windows Live Messenger, leaving it sitting on death row for another few weeks.
Redmond is in the process of ditching Messenger in favour of Skype Chat and was due to throw everyone off the older messaging service on 15 March. Instead, users will be compelled to switch over, whether they like it or not, by 8 April.
The brief reprieve is to "give you more time to make the transition", Microsoft said. The whole shift is expected to take a few weeks and the firm is naturally advising folks to switch over now rather than waiting until the cutoff point.
Some users have reported trouble in their shift to Skype, saying that their MSN messenger contacts have failed to make their way onto the blue service. ®
COMMENTS
Re: good riddance to an early 'hacking tool'?
Hmm, taking into account figure cooking and wikipedia's legendary innacuracy, " In June 2009, Microsoft reported the service attracted over 330 million active users each month".
Is hardly obsolete nor hardly used.
I like mesenger, i dont like skype. I like having no choice even less.
Dear MS, i love you, i always have done BUT SHIT LIKE THIS MAKES ME ANGRY and an angry windows user could possibly start looking at alternatives. Get shut of S.Ballmer. He is a 'tard....
Re: good riddance to an early 'hacking tool'?
Live Messenger has been a good tool and it will be missed.
The Messenger "no history option" does exactly that - unlike Skype which requires an explicit logout before deleting a chat history. The latter also has an annoying habit of suddenly popping up a conversation window that is days old - especially if you use it on more then one PC.
MSN privacy options used to be very good - whereas Skype still produces "fishing" attempts at contact. Presumably that is via some Skype public information that can't be hidden. Unfortunately MSN recently went down the path of FaceBook - and opened up contact information to effectively "friends of friends". Presumably Skype will also implement this type of "social" feature. It makes it impossible to put friends, acquaintances, hobbies, and work into totally insulated compartments.
Logging in to Skype as a Live Messenger user inhibits the automatic login feature after a reboot.
Re: good riddance to an early 'hacking tool'?
"Someone forgot to unbunch her panties this morning...
It's simply obsolete, and was hardly used anymore, so it's being killed off. No Black Hats needed."
Huh? There are about 300 million active users on it! How is that 'hardly used any more'?
MSN is far superior to Skype for IM. It has far more collaboration tools for example.
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