Microsoft
took a decision to replace its Windows Live Messenger with well-known
and popular Skype. According to media reports, Microsoft’s team of
developers is currently working towards retiring its Windows Live
Messenger software in the coming months and integrating its functions
into Skype.
It looks like Microsoft has slowly been moving Skype users over to the Messenger back end within the past several months. If you are one of those who have been using Skype, you should know that over 80% of those instant messages were processed on Microsoft’s back end. Industry observers expected that the software giant will soon announce the retirement of Windows Live Messenger, perhaps even this week.
Since Skype is using P2P protocol, instant messages could only be sent if both parties were online. However, with Skype running on Microsoft’s servers that problem would go away. This is the first advantage. Then, the Messenger was available from any PC, if the user was logged into their Live account through any browser. On the contrary, Skype required a desktop client which caused problems on Mac and Linux due to bad updates or lack of those. This problem will also be solved with Skype moving to Outlook.com – another apparent advantage at hand.
In fact, the move will mean that the two best pieces of the software will merge: while Skype was great at calls, Windows Live Messenger was better at messaging. In the meantime, the biggest challenge was to get Skype to link Microsoft accounts to its login names. For instance, if you are using Skype 6.0 for Mac and Windows, you will now be greeted with options to log in using a Microsoft or Facebook account.
It looks like Microsoft has slowly been moving Skype users over to the Messenger back end within the past several months. If you are one of those who have been using Skype, you should know that over 80% of those instant messages were processed on Microsoft’s back end. Industry observers expected that the software giant will soon announce the retirement of Windows Live Messenger, perhaps even this week.
Since Skype is using P2P protocol, instant messages could only be sent if both parties were online. However, with Skype running on Microsoft’s servers that problem would go away. This is the first advantage. Then, the Messenger was available from any PC, if the user was logged into their Live account through any browser. On the contrary, Skype required a desktop client which caused problems on Mac and Linux due to bad updates or lack of those. This problem will also be solved with Skype moving to Outlook.com – another apparent advantage at hand.
In fact, the move will mean that the two best pieces of the software will merge: while Skype was great at calls, Windows Live Messenger was better at messaging. In the meantime, the biggest challenge was to get Skype to link Microsoft accounts to its login names. For instance, if you are using Skype 6.0 for Mac and Windows, you will now be greeted with options to log in using a Microsoft or Facebook account.
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