I was reading my email this morning and I got a note from Microsoft telling me that they are trashing Windows Messenger and keeping Skype in it's place.  The truth is that I haven't used messenger in quite some time, but with Windows 8 I was looking forward to having it run in the background so I could use it for messaging (sort of how I have iMessage logged into my Yahoo, MSN Live, and AIM accounts all the time).

I did go through the process to consolidate my MSN/Live/Messenger account with my personal Skype account but all I see are my Skype contact, not the people I had on Messenger.  Very odd.

Oh well, Messenger, we've had some good times you and I.  We connected with very many people all over the world, you frustrated me because the Mac version didn't support the features of the PC version, and all my friends wanted to know why I could do X, Y or Z... Sad to lose you, but at the same time, it's time to move on :-)

Now, I wonder if Yahoo Messenger is going next ;-)