What does MS retiring WLM/MSN actually mean?

[ubersonic]

As title, does this just mean they will never release another version of WLM/MSN (not a problem as I stil use 2009 as 2011 sucks ) or that they are shutting the service down?

Thank you.

 

[ubersonic]

I didn't even realise it was still used these days, Skype is a much better alternative.

Nah, I have both and still use MSN for IM, Skype has come along well but its not really on the same level as MSN yet (feature wise or quality), and MSN is actually still the most popular chat software out there.