More than 200 million people use Windows Live Messenger to chat with friends, family members and colleagues.

全球有两亿多人使用windows的即时通和朋友、家人、还有同事聊天。

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For the sake of this post, to imitate two people chatting, I used two different im clients - Windows Live Messenger and Pidgin.

为了写这篇文章，模拟两个人聊天，我使用了两个不同的IM客户端- Windows Live Messenger和Pidgin。

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What’s more, you do not actually need to use Windows Live Messenger. You can use any IM client you like, as long as it supports the MSN protocol.

另外，你不是一定要用 Windows Live Messenger，你可以使用任意 你喜欢的 IM 客户端，只要它支持 MSN 协议。

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The Windows Live Messenger instant messaging program was known as MSN Messenger when it first launched in 1999.

BBC: Microsoft to turn off Windows Messenger on 15 March

Microsoft is currently in the process of migrating users from its Windows Live Messenger product to the service.

BBC: Skype graphic

Microsoft said Windows Live Messenger (WLM) would be turned off by March 2013 worldwide, with the exception of China.

BBC: Microsoft ditches Windows Live Messenger for Skype