“Just as consumers expect different telephones to work with one another, so they should expect different instant messaging services to talk to each other,” People can search for and add contacts from either MSN Hotmail or AOL Instant Messenger using an intuitive, easy-to-use wizard interface, and can seamlessly communicate with people on either service without having to run multiple messaging applications.

MSN Messenger Service enables people to instantly communicate with any user of MSN Hotmail, the world’s largest free Web-based e-mail service, as well as with any user of AOL Instant Messenger. Interoperable Tightest Integration With Communications Tools “We are excited to deliver our easy-to-use MSN Messenger Service to enable consumers to communicate with as many people as possible.” Said Brad Chase, vice president of the Consumer and Commerce Group at Microsoft. “Communications continues to be the cornerstone of the Internet, and instant messaging is becoming a more prevalent way for people to communicate,” People can download the MSN Messenger Service client at beginning at midnight July 22, 1999. In conjunction with the availability of MSN Messenger Service, Microsoft is announcing the Instant Gratification Sweepstakes, with daily prizes of $5,000 and a grand prize of $10,000. This marks the first time consumers can use a single instant messaging application to exchange messages with friends and family using AOL Instant Messenger. MSN Messenger Service tells consumers when their friends, family and colleagues are online and enables them to exchange online messages and e-mail with the more than 40 million users of the MSN Hotmail TM Web-based e-mail service as well as with people using AOL Instant Messenger. today announced the launch of MSN TM Messenger Service, the free* Internet messaging service that allows users to communicate with the greatest number of Internet users and offers the tightest integration with popular Microsoft® communications tools.

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