MSN Groups To Multiply?
The news that Microsoft has decided to close its MSN Groups service has caused consternation among MSN group members, many of whom have been using the service regularly for years. It seems that Microsoft is closing MSN Groups on 21 February, 2009 and opening its brand new Windows Live Groups on November 17. With MSN Groups already having a large and active membership, you would think that Microsoft would be doing all they could to attract them to their new service. However it seems that the process of transitioning MSN Groups to Windows live is too difficult, so instead they have partnered with Multiply.com, a social networking site. Multiply has just hit the 10 million users mark, and must be delighted at the thought of boosting their membership even further with an influx of MSN Group members. MSN Groups is opening its migration process to Multiply next week, and groups will be given instructions on how to begin the migration process. Whether many of the groups will make this step is