MSN Messenger was once Microsoft's flagship messaging system and social networking platform, in a time before Facebook, Skype, Discord, or Twitter.
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A few years later, the Redmond-based tech giant reached an interoperability that would allow users of their respective IM services to chat with each other.
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The first version of MSN Messenger Service, version 1.
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Needless to say, AOL was not thrilled.