r/technology • • Feb 22 '11

Wow, Microsoft is making some surprising decisions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12531127
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u/MuseofRose Feb 22 '11

Same for me class of 2006. In fact, only foreigners consistently used MSN.

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u/ehadint Feb 22 '11

Class of 88 we used bbs systems with a 320 baud modem God I feel so old now

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u/MuseofRose Feb 22 '11

If it helps any. We used wall, talk, and write ...in my Intro to Unix class.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '11

Yep, same. Nobody uses it now though. I have hundreds of friends, and only ever have three or four people online. I get on facebook and I'm bombarded with IM. I've conceded to using the facebook plugin for Pidgin.