Yes, you did not misread the title, MSN Messenger is no more! The next version of MSN Messenger will no longer be MSN Messenger 8 but will go under the name Windows Live Messenger 8.
Now the first question that probably will rise to your mind is why?!?!:
To make a very long story short, Microsoft is re-branding its major sections. On one side you will have the MSN Section, and the other hand you will have the live section, consisting out of office live, mail (previously hotmail) and Windows Live Messenger.
And your next question will probably be what ?!?:
Apart from the name change the butterfly will retire, and the new client is going to be even more integrated with mail, search, media player and office. The user interface is also getting a make-over and is going to be much like the new mail look.
We will keep you up to date on any more wicked changes.
>> Source MSN.. eeh Windows Live Team Blog
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clarky3429
, Nov 01 2005 10:11 PM
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clarky3429
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Posted 01 November 2005 - 10:11 PM
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Posted 01 November 2005 - 10:37 PM
Is this going to be good for messenger? More features?
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Posted 01 November 2005 - 11:33 PM
This will ultimately improve the whole thing i believe, MSN is a competitor and the most BASIC POPULAR IM software, they wont lose that holding, instead they will push it further 
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Posted 02 November 2005 - 12:15 AM
pretty much just more stuff that i most likely wont use, lolol
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Posted 02 November 2005 - 12:17 AM
I wonder why they would want to generalize their name? I though MSN LOVED getting their name everywhere..
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Posted 02 November 2005 - 03:16 AM
well now the word LIVE is in the title... that brings attention in itself
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Posted 02 November 2005 - 05:50 AM
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Posted 02 November 2005 - 05:57 AM
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it'll be called Windows Live Messenger instead of MSN Messenger 8.0.
its not gonna be WLM 8...jus Windows Live Messenger
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Posted 02 November 2005 - 03:54 PM
This is what keeps computers interesting, always something new and diff. to look forward to.
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Posted 03 November 2005 - 10:20 PM
I agree 100% with that mate, the face of computers is a changing one and we just gotta keep up or be left out.
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Posted 04 November 2005 - 12:32 AM
no one knows for sure i guess why they wanted to change there names on everything, but only thing i can think of is one to make everything like e-mail messegner and such somewhat have the same name plus i think there doing it since vistas about to come out, plus eveything else is changing so why no the name i guess, i wounder if they will change the groups to windows live groups?
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