Some links for those who wanted to read up on said history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account see,

Some links for those who wanted to read up on said history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account see, especially, the references section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account#References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account#References