isn't hotmail dead? I thought microsoft bought msn and hotmail. Isn't it now @outlook.com email domains and no new hotmail accounts? I have some family members that have hotmail addresses but thats due to legacy support.
The MS in MSN stands for Microsoft, launched by Microsoft in 1995. Microsoft did indeed buy Hotmail.. in 1997 before google was even founded (1998). They have mostly retired the email addresses (you can instead get @outlook.TLD or @live.TLD addresses) but as you say, some have managed to maintain them for legacy reasons.