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    Default Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype

    lol ... 3rd episode.
    Now, does this mean the live Messenger Client for BB10 will be named ... Skype ?
    Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype | The Verge

    Microsoft is working towards retiring its Windows Live Messenger client in favor of Skype. The Verge has learned through several sources that Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger service will be retired in the coming months and integrated into Skype. [...]
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    Default Re: Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype

    I read this too (End Of An Era: Windows Live Messenger To Be Retired, Users Transitioned To Skype | TechCrunch)

    So will us blackberry (non 10) users be left without skype and without windows messenger ?>?
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    Default Re: Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype

    Interesting play. I wondered aloud earlier if Google would respond with consolidation of its own.
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    Default Re: Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype

    I guess they figure why offer up free text and video chat over messenger when they can get people to pay for this.
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    Does that mean we won't be able to log on messenger on our bb9900 after Q1 next year?

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    Default Re: Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype

    Quote Originally Posted by cjcampbell View Post
    I guess they figure why offer up free text and video chat over messenger when they can get people to pay for this.
    I suspect if they try to charge (more than basic Skype rates already in place) for it, it's over. There are alternatives.

    Send MS is streamlining services. Changing the Hotmail brand too.
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    Default Re: Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype

    Quote Originally Posted by Superfly_FR View Post
    lol ... 3rd episode.
    Now, does this mean the live Messenger Client for BB10 will be named ... Skype ?
    Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype | The Verge
    So you just started a thread which is almost identical to mine, after you had commented on my thread. On top of that, you quoted the same article. Shame Shame
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    Default Re: Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype

    Quote Originally Posted by ovi08 View Post
    So you just started a thread which is almost identical to mine, after you had commented on my thread. On top of that, you quoted the same article. Shame Shame
    lol. Check the date/hour (me = 11-05-2012, 05:14 PM - you = 11-05-2012, 09:05 PM) then notice it's the third on the same topic I fired ... If live messenger is here, doesn't it mean we'll get Skype ? .
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