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He absolutely wanted a closed, proprietary network, and that’s also what he built: MSN. But it didn’t work, so they recycled the name into the MSN we know toda
by doctor_eval 4y ago
He absolutely wanted a closed, proprietary network, and that’s also what he built: MSN.
But it didn’t work, so they recycled the name into the MSN we know today.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Dial-up https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Dial-up
- spookthesunset 4y agoWhich of course got commingled with “Live”, MSN the dialup, “MSNBC”, and even active desktop (IIRC)… probably way more I’m forgetting too.
- doctor_eval 4y agoI’d forgotten all that stuff. It’s weird, they usually can’t keep the name of their products the same for more than a couple of years at a time, but this one lasted decades for some reason.