MS는 이메일로 이용자들이 MSN 메신저 대신 스카이프를 이용해줄 것을 요청했다. MS는 MSN 메신저 이용자가 스카이프로 이야기하고 메시지를 주고받을 수 있도록 해놓았다. MS는 또 오는 3월 15일 이전에 이용자들이 스카이프로 이전할 수 있도록 데스크톱 메신저에 전용 버튼을 추가해 놓고 있다.
MS는 1999년에 MSN 메신저라는 이름으로 메신저를 처음 내놓았고 2005년에 '윈도 라이브 메신저(WLM)'로 이름을 바꾸었다. 이 서비스는 약 3억명 이상이 매달 이를 이용한 것으로 추정되고 있다.
Windows Live Messenger, formerly known as MSN Messenger, will finally be shut down by Microsoft on 15 March, after serving Internet users for more than 13 years.
After its launch way back in July 1999, MSN Messenger quickly became the most popular online chat service in the world. Serving hundreds of millions of users across multiple platforms, in as many as 50 different languages, Windows Live Messenger was part of most people’s everyday lives online, but with the rise of social networks and competing services such as Facebook Chat, Skype, Google Talk and iMessage, Windows Live Messenger slowly faded into the background.
After Microsoft purchased Skype from eBay in May of 2011, it was clear that Windows Live Messenger’s day were numbered. This was officially confirmed by Microsoft back in November of 2012.
Microsoft provided a service that lets Windows Live Messenger users migrate early via a button that was added to the Messenger desktop app, but the move has not been plain sailing for some who have already made the jump. In some cases, contacts have not been transferring across the two services successfully.
If you still use Windows Live Messenger, it may be worth backing up your contacts manually ahead of the planned migration, and checking Skype and MSN forums for any tips to ensure that your move over to Skype is a painless one.
Existing Windows Live Messenger user accounts will be migrated to Skype ahead of the planned shutdown on March 15th. After this date, Messenger login attempts will be unsuccessful.
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