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| 4 | CraigBox | 1 | [MSN] stands for "The [Microsoft] Network". |
| 3 | AlastairPorter | 2 | |
| 4 | CraigBox | 3 | In the Windows 95 (pre-Internet) days, Microsoft wanted to set up something like AOL - an [OSP] as opposed to an [ISP] - that you could connect to the Internet through, but had enough content on it itself. |
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| 5 | Needless to say they got it wrong, and MSN soon became an ISP, ditched pretences of offering dial in service outside of America, and moved to being a [Yahoo]-like online portal. | ||
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| 7 | MSN is set to the home page for all new InternetExplorer installations, and thanks to a demonic deal New Zealand has XtraMSN. (Australia has NineMSN, and America actually has MSNBC!) | ||
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| 9 | One of the things MSN provide is an [InstantMessenger] protocol and client. (ReneBartosh uses it.) When Windows XP came out, it segregated into two versions; the "Windows (.NET) Messenger" (the .NET has been dropped) and MSN Messenger, for previous versions of Windows. | ||
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| 11 | There's also an MSN Explorer, a Microsoft-ised version of the Microsoft-ised WebBrowser. Who'da thunk it? |
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