Windows Live Messenger: Friday June 16th 2006

[gary4gar]

Windows Live Messenger:will be made available to the public in 8 days, Friday 16th June 2006. The successor to MSN Messenger 7.5, Windows Live Messenger 8 is the first edition of the Messenger brand to be released under the new 'Windows Live' moniker.

Windows Live represents Microsoft biggest push into the Software-as-a-Service market. Windows Live Messenger is the first software package to be released out of beta in the Windows Live range, with Windows Live Search (Desktop), Windows Live Mail Desktop and Windows Live Toolbar expected to follow later this year.

News source: Bink

[QwertyManiac]

What? Isnt it already open to public? Then how did I get an account? Or are you telling that its coming out of BETA?

[gary4gar]

Windows Live Messenger:will be made available to the public in 8 days, Friday 16th June 2006.

is soon openning for public.for now it is in BETA

[QwertyManiac]

FYI its already open to public, anyone can sign up. Its just not declared purely official... was posted on an MSDN blog back then.

[godsownman]

It was available via invitation only. Now its going to be available of the shelf.

[adit_sen]

It was available without invitation for a long long time....

[gary4gar]

but its offiacally releasing on 16

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

well i'm using it but i don't like the way it creates a sharing folder and add's it's shortcut to "my computer" without informing u.