{
  "type": "obituary",
  "publisher": "Rest In Print",
  "hall": "technology",
  "slug": "msn-messenger",
  "subject": {
    "name": "MSN Messenger",
    "maker": "Microsoft"
  },
  "born": "1999-07",
  "died": "2013-03-15",
  "cause_of_death": "shutdown",
  "cause_description": "a quiet SIGTERM at the end of a sprint",
  "notice": [
    "MSN Messenger, later Windows Live Messenger, died on March 15, 2013, at 13. Outside China, at least. There it held on until October 2014.",
    "It was where a generation learned to type a status message that was about one person and pretended to be about no one.",
    "It could make a window shake. It knew how that felt.",
    "Its contacts were moved to Skype, which has since joined it."
  ],
  "in_lieu_of_flowers": "In lieu of flowers, appear offline.",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/microsoft-messenger-soft-shutdown-starts-march-15-1.1336231",
    "https://technode.com/2014/08/29/microsoft-messenger-shut-down-in-mainland-China/"
  ],
  "url": "https://restinprint.studio/hall/msn-messenger"
}