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by staticelf 3106 days ago
It didn't, it became outlook.
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nkrisc 3106 days ago
A fate worse than death.
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shak77 3106 days ago
It became Outlook like five years ago, unless I missed something.
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staticelf 3106 days ago
Yeah I don't know what that dude was talking about. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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rtx 3106 days ago
First it became live.com
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nasredin 3105 days ago
Where does "MSN" and "Passport" fit in this orgy?

Hotmail->Live->Outlook

Hotmail - young rebellious teenager with 2 MB of storage

Live - "experimenting" phase, "monopoly conviction? I do not recall!"

Outlook - Older YUP, approaching middle age, quite cynical, but still might change, albeit with reluctance and complete lack of enthusiasm

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Macha 3105 days ago
Passport was what is now your Microsoft account (aka .NET account, Live Account, etc)

For a while hotmail was MSN hotmail and Windows Live Messenger was previously MSN messenger. Now MSN is just Microsoft's portal page.

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