BBC News - Microsoft ditches Windows Live Messenger for Skype

Used to be that MSN Messenger or just 'MSN' as most people called it, was used by everybody - pretty much the way that everyone is on facebook now, everyone was on MSN back in early 2000's. To see it's being closed down is sad, but then I've not used it for years.

I do however use Skype text chat for work and it works just as well.