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Re:AIM will be discontinued today by rtx on Friday December 15, 2017 @10:03AM (#15932269)
First it became live.com
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Re:AIM will be discontinued today by nasredin on Friday December 15, 2017 @05:03PM (#15935613)
Where does "MSN" and "Passport" fit in this orgy?

Hotmail->Live->Outlook

Hotmail - young rebellious teenager with 2 MB of storage

Live - "experimenting" phase, "monopoly conviction? I do not recall!"

Outlook - Older YUP, approaching middle age, quite cynical, but still might change, albeit with reluctance and complete lack of enthusiasm

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Re:AIM will be discontinued today by Macha on Saturday December 16, 2017 @01:40PM (#15941012)
Passport was what is now your Microsoft account (aka .NET account, Live Account, etc)

For a while hotmail was MSN hotmail and Windows Live Messenger was previously MSN messenger. Now MSN is just Microsoft's portal page.

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