Microsoft has announced it intends to “retire” its instant message chat tool and replace it with Skype’s messaging tool.
The news comes 18 months after the software giant announced it was paying $8.5bn (£5.3bn) for the communications software developer.
Microsoft said Windows Live Messenger (WLM) would be turned off by March 2013 worldwide, with the exception of China.
via BBC News – Microsoft ditches Windows Live Messenger for Skype.
