REST IN PRINT — THE HALL OF THE DEAD

MSN MESSENGER
1999-07 – 2013-03-15
Microsoft

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, 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/

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