Happy Birthday to MSN Messenger

         Formerly known as  MSN Messenger and now better known as Windows Live Messenger is surely the most popular instant messaging software all over the world. And it's my most favorite too. Recently, I came to know that the first version of MSN Messenger had been shipped on July 22, 1999.  So, today (July 22, 2006) is the 7th Birthday of MSN Messenger aka Windows Live Messenger! And I am writing this blog entry to wish Windows Live Messenger and its team a very happy birthday....  

         Year 2002... this is the year when I had been introduced to this World Wide Web via my broadband internet connection. Within a few days, I came to know about this popular instant messaging software from one of my friends, Shohag. I was so amazed and thrilled when I had chatted first time through this MSN Messenger... I was so fascinated that I used to spend chatting for hours and hours!  I can still remember those interesting days... Since then I've been using MSN Messenger almost every single day... And now it has become a necessity in my life. Thanks to Microsoft for making such a wonderful instant messaging software... and good wishes for Windows Live Messenger on its 7th birthday...  

        The Windows Live Messenger Team would like your help in celebrating its 7th Birthday by spreading the word to the world that today is MSN Messenger’s 7th Birthday. There are many ways that you can spread the word and it will be intriguing to see who can come up with the most original idea. But to give you a head start, Kerry and Leah from the Messenger Team have got together with the companies 3H, Kiwee (American Greetings Interactive) and Quebles (Mobile Money) to provide you with some fantastic messenger birthday winks, backgrounds, emoticons and dynamic display pictures for free so you can start spreading the word to celebrate this big day… Checkout the links below and download whichever “Happy Birthday!” items you want – they’re all free – designed just for this occasion :

       You can take a look at the special video greeting prepared by the Windows Live Messenger team on the occasion of the 7^th birthday of MSN Messenger: Happy Birthday Messenger Video.  

      In the evolution process of MSN Messenger, here are some interesting points to note:

      #    MSN Messenger 1.0 was released on July 22, 1999. It included only basic features such as: plain text messaging and a simple contact list.

     #   The first Messenger I used was: MSN Messenger 4.5 which was released on October 23, 2001.

     #   Recently, Microsoft and Yahoo! came to an instant messaging partnership... which is giving you the ability to add and chat with your Yahoo! friends using Windows Live Messenger.

   
    Related Links : 

• Windows Live Messenger Team Blog
   
• History of MSN Messenger