Microsoft retires Messenger, moves users to Skype

Published on Wednesday January 09, 2013

Tim Alamenciak 
Staff Reporter 

Those nostalgic for the days of overly personal status updates and usernames with alternating caps may be disappointed by Microsoft’s latest move to retire its once-dominant MSN/Windows Live Messenger.

Accounts will be migrated over to Skype during the course of the first quarter of 2013,according to a blog post from Tony Bates, president of Microsoft’s Skype division.

The software giant purchased Skype in 2011.

The march toward the Great Recycling Bin in the Sky started weeks ago for Messenger, when newly released Skype 6.0 allowed users to sign on with their Microsoft account.

To make the move from Messenger, users can simply download the latest version of Skype and log in. The software will take care of the rest and allow you to keep in touch with your current Messenger contacts.

Source thestar.com