Microsoft is going to retire its Windows Live Messenger client in favor of Skype. The messenger service will be integrated into Skype in the coming months.
Microsoft will announce the retirement of Windows Live Messenger soon, possibly as early as this week according to The Verge sources. The move follows efforts by Skype to link Microsoft accounts to Skype login names ahead of its global retirement plan for Windows Live Messenger. Users of Skype 6.0 are now greeted with options to log in using a Microsoft or Facebook account.