When we talk about window live messenger, we talk about a company who has never stop to grow. To obtain a e-mail adress you need a free subscription. At the beginning of the program each person could use 2 MG of space in their boxes. With the venue of competition like GMail, hotmail modified it's politics and you can now get an e-mail box with 5 MG.
And what to say of MSN messenger! The little program went in competition with ICQ almost ten years ago. At the beginning, nobody thought that this program would have survived. But, MSN had a bunny in their hats! ICQ is now old story and MSN grows in popularity.
On MSN, you can now do live chatting, video-live chats, talk for real directly and do chats in groups.
MSN is and will stay free, no matter all the junk e-mails you get. In fact, couples of letter chains said that MSN would not be free anymore. These rumors are not fonded at all. MSN Messenger will stay free, for the pleasure of everybody! Don't lose your time by sending these false letter of Microsoft saying that if you don't send this mail to 15 other persons, MSN will become payable. This is false!