Another service you got to pay for soon: MSN Calendar. This sucks, or do we ave to be gratefull we could use this services for free for all this time and at Microsoft is now trying to make money the old economy way. "There's no such thing as a free lunch"

Dear MSN® Calendar user,
We regret to inform you that MSN Calendar will no longer be available as a free service as of June 25, 2003. Please note that this will NOT impact your MSN® Hotmail® account, only your MSN Calendar account.

A better MSN Calendar will continue to be available as one of the many great features of MSN 8 - the Internet subscription software built on advanced Microsoft® technology that makes the Web more useful every day. With MSN 8, you'll have access to the best calendar experience yet - with smart new features like offline accessibility, colorful stickers to help you personalize special appointments such as birthdays or anniversaries, and the ability to synchronize appointments with a Pocket PC. Additionally, the new MSN Calendar available only with MSN 8 has easy appointment editing, color-coding to distinguish your personal and business appointments and scheduled events, four great print views (for daily, weekly, monthly, and tasks) and much more.

To take advantage of all the great features of MSN 8 and to continue using the new and improved MSN Calendar, you must sign up for MSN 8 by June 25, 2003. Otherwise, your MSN Calendar information will not be accessible and will be deleted for your protection.

News source: Bink.nu


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(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by XP_2003 on 21 May 2003 - 10:05
NOOOO of course not! As if Micro$oft doesn’t make enough money!
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by Ad_Enuff on 21 May 2003 - 10:13
[neoquote=#1.0 by XP_2003]NOOOO of course not! As if Micro$oft doesn’t make enough money! [/neoquote] well if it keep son supporting the X-Box it wont be making ANY money! See Financial News to see how much they are losing by standing by there console in a market they just don't understand...I think the figures were $946 Million to $496 Million.... Perhaps that why we are seeing these type of things becoming pay services..?
Quote this comment #1.2 Posted by hobsgrg on 21 May 2003 - 10:18
The MSN department of Microsoft is also losing millions, microsoft are just trying to get it to break even
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by Quick Reply on 21 May 2003 - 10:13
Suck you in, and then charge later, next thing: hotmail is a 100% pay service me thinks
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by lammmetak on 21 May 2003 - 10:14
well that is the begining of the end of free things i geass that we soon have to pay for msn messenger and that kind of things
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by StuRReaL on 21 May 2003 - 10:16
hmmm yeah sounds about right altho AOL is a pay service but u don't need to pay for their IM service, anyway nevermind if u want a calendar and u don't have outlook or just plain don't want it Download mozilla 1.4b and then find the calendar plugin under mozilla projects install and enjoy
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by longwilli on 21 May 2003 - 10:20
they want everyone using that stupid msn explorer it suz :disappoin
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by memoryx on 21 May 2003 - 10:29
AAAARGGHHH!!! Damn you Microsoft! Im gonna have to sign back up for MSN 8!
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by Stingray on 21 May 2003 - 10:29
Pay for Calendar ahahahahahahahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHA! [SIZE=30]AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH![/SIZE]
Quote this comment #7.1 Posted by memoryx on 21 May 2003 - 10:31
[neoquote=#7.0 by Stingray]Pay for Calendar ahahahahahahahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHA! [SIZE=30]AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH![/SIZE][/neoquote] lmao!!
Quote this comment #7.2 Posted by DrOmango on 21 May 2003 - 13:13
[neoquote=#7.0 by Stingray]Pay for Calendar ahahahahahahahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHA! [SIZE=30]AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH![/SIZE][/neoquote] LMAO
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by teka on 21 May 2003 - 11:11
Por que ALGUIEN iria a pagar por un calendario? Seriamente piensan estos muchachos qe van a poder obtener un centavo por esto?? Que ridiculo.. Why SOMEONE will pay for a damm calendar?? This is so so so ridiculous..
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by kyro on 21 May 2003 - 11:16
[SIZE=14]will not pay for calender!!!!!![SIZE=1][SIZE=7]i hopei was clear M$[SIZE=14]will not pay for calender[SIZE=1]ok now where is that Mozilla... *starts going to mozilla.org*
Quote this comment #9.1 Posted by pctuk on 21 May 2003 - 14:42
[QUOTE]i hopei was clear[/QUOTE]You'd be clearer if you sorted those tags out mate.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by dougkinzinger on 21 May 2003 - 12:19
man, I like Bink, but boy, he sure can't spell....
Quote this comment #10.1 Posted by bink on 21 May 2003 - 17:07
how many languages can you write flawless? It was late when posting last night, I corrected this morning after Neowin posted
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by nathanintu on 21 May 2003 - 14:10
since when do MSN send out mail from a @hotmail address???
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by Avenger on 21 May 2003 - 16:16
Figures. I actually used MSN Calender too. I'm confused about this line though. "Please note that this will NOT impact your MSN® Hotmail® account, only your MSN Calendar account." I don't have a MSN Calender account. I use my Hotmail account to sign into MSN Calender when I need it. So, what do they mean?

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(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by Glen on 21 May 2003 - 17:10
My guess is that the MSN Communities are next...
Quote this comment #13.1 Posted by buddy12 on 21 May 2003 - 20:07
MSN Communities is just plain stupid. Go with Yahoo! Groups or something, they have all the same features.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by Mr. Black on 22 May 2003 - 00:22
What is free from Microsoft anymore? Next thing you know hotmail won't be free anymore either... I really wish Microsoft would have kept their hands off of Hotmail and not bought it... :disappoin
Quote this comment #14.1 Posted by Avenger on 22 May 2003 - 02:46
You think it'd still be free with no limits if they had not bought it? Doubtful.
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