Not that I use windows live messenger itself but, why would Microsoft post
this on a blog if the source is unknown for writing the article?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 4:33 PM
Subject: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype
This will be the end of an era for some of us. The article is pasted
below. The source is unknown. As a result I hope an update to Gw Connect
will support Windows Live accounts.
*Microsoft to close Messenger and consolidate IM service on Skype**
**By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service**
**
** Nov 6, 2012 12:45 PM**
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**Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling
users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users'
Messenger contacts.**
**
**With the exception of mainland China, Windows Live Messenger will close
in the first quarter of 2013, and its users should install the latest
version of Skype, Microsoft said on Tuesday.**
**
**Users can sign into the Skype service with the credentials they use to
access their Microsoft online services, including Windows Live Messenger.
They will find their Windows Live Messenger contacts on their Skype
contacts list. If they used both Windows Live Messenger and Skype, the
contacts lists will be merged.**
**
**"We want to focus our efforts on making things simpler for our users
while continuously improving the overall experience," wrote Tony Bates,
Skype's president, in a blog post.**
**
**To encourage Windows Live Messenger users to update to Skype, Bates
touted several benefits they'll get from Skype, including support for more
devices such as iPad and Android tablets, screen sharing, the ability to
place calls to landline phones, and group video conferencing.**
**
**However, this type of migration is rarely seamless, and users are
already raising questions in comments to Bates' blog post, including the
availability of certain Windows Live Messenger features and the capacity
of the Skype infrastructure to sustain the new workload.**
**
**Microsoft, which acquired Skype in October 2011 for $8.5 billion, will
provide more information about the transition, as well as introduce
special offers for fee-based Skype services, in the coming months, Bates
wrote.**
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