Microsoft to keep Hotmail with its new mail service


Posted by chris on Thu 08 Feb 2007 (20:52 GMT) (2758 views)
Microsoft have decided to change the name of "Windows Live Mail" to use the older branding of Hotmail in its new name, Windows Live Hotmail.

A blog post at the Windows Live Mail Hotmail team blog says that they hope by changing the name it is 'ensuring that our 260+ million existing customers come over to the new service smoothly and without confusion'.

I didn't expect this at all, after all it has been promoted as Windows Live Mail for a while now, but as it is a beta there is a chance of stuff being changed.

Windows Live Mail: Blog post
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Comment by maher
Posted on Sun 08 Apr 2007 (13:58 GMT)
hello every body


Comment by the andyman
Posted on Thu 08 Feb 2007 (21:39 GMT)
The mess that is Windows Live, *sigh*. I presume that this name change is partly due to feedback from the trial launch in the Netherlands, and I suppose that it is better late than never but (although I can see how badly Windows Live is doing etc and therefore this name change is meant to be good marketing etc) this seems like a bad (but clever) idea to me.

As for the post on the WLHotmail team blog (I've just noticed one advantage of this is that there is no longer 2 big Windows Live products with the WLM abbreviation) I don't really see how anyone can have a 'emotional connection' with the old Hotmail, at least not after they have seen WLH (as I shall henceforth be calling it).


Comment by Christina Lynn
Posted on Thu 08 Feb 2007 (21:16 GMT)
Thats Fuckin Stupid I Love The Windows Live Mail Name Better And Windows Live Hotmail Doesn't Make Sense At All

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