What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger?
Texting was still in its infancy as very few people actually owned mobile phones at that point. Messenger and Microsoft’s MSN Messenger. Needless to say, AOL was not thrilled. Microsoft countered with an update that made MSN Messenger Service self-identify as AIM. Microsoft backed off, and instead ended up partnering with another major player. Combined, it created the largest consumer IM community in the world with an estimated 275 million users....