Windows Live Messenger finally finished service in China, fully retired

Many people who have been using the net for over 10 years have seen them at one time and they should have liked many peopleWindows Live Messenger(MSN Messenger) turned out to be a perfect period in the 15 - year history.

The Once-beloved Microsoft Messenger to Finally Shut Down in Mainland China | TechNode
http://technode.com/2014/08/29/microsoft-messenger-shut-down-in-mainland-china/

Windows Live Messenger is excluded in January 2013, ChinaAn announcement of the end of service to the users of the whole worldIt was completed and ended on March 15, 2013 as scheduled. In China, due to convenience with the local partner, service termination was waited for, but now, we announced that the service will be terminated for users in China on October 31, 2014 It was.

Microsoft has positioned Skype acquired in 2011 as a successor to Messenger, and a Skype free call coupon equivalent to 2 dollars (about 200 yen) is gifted to users in China currently in use, urged to shift to Skype It is.

In 1999AOL Instant MessengerThe MSN Messenger, which was born in a form to counteract, expanded the number of users with its own emoticon function, handwriting function, Minesweeper 's online battle function etc. Many people have experience of putting Tsukkomu in their opponent with the "shake" function that vibrates the window.


A lot of nostalgic sceneries are featured in The Verge.

MSN Messenger is shutting down after 15 years of memories | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/29/6082199/msn-messenger-shutting-down-15-years-history

Startup screen in MSN Messenger era


IRCI was able to send images as well as text-only interactions like.


Some people may have used various emotion icons so that they do not interact with each other.


This service has been continued since it landed in China in 2005, but in recent years it is a similar Chinese serviceQQYaWeChatIt was also a fact that had been overwhelmed by. As of the year 2013, the number of active users per month was QQ 825 million people, whereas Windows Live Messenger has been largely drained as 100 million people worldwide.