Microsoft Not Dropping Hotmail Name

EveryNickIsTaken writes "CNET News.com is reporting that despite planning for months to ditch the name 'Hotmail' for 'Windows Live Mail,' Microsoft will keep the Hotmail name, renaming the service 'Windows Live Hotmail.' Along with the slight name change, MS will be modifying the interface to look more like Outlook's GUI."

Windows Live Hotmail

[Anonymous Coward]

to couteract "Windows Dead Hotmail"?

Office GUI

[Fyre2012]

MS will be modifying the interface to look more like Outlook's GUI

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What ever happened to software updates

[Ace905]

" By adopting the name 'Windows Live Hotmail,' we believe we're bringing together the best of both worlds--new and old "

What ever happened to just updating software. Is microsoft claiming that windows live hotmail whatever is going to be so 'new and improved' it's actually a different software product? Here's an idea, don't change the name - don't confuse people - just update the damned thing.

As an end-user, there is absolutely no difference in functionality between Windows version 1 and Windows XP. XP windows didn't *do more*, it just *had more*. It still shows you neat little pictures, and you click on them, and software runs and then crashes and then so does your computer.

Windows live hotmail extra 2-in-the-pink-1-in-the-stink beta alpha theta radiation flux capacitor is no different. It's a messenger client. If it's so different, why the hell do hotmail users want to use it?

Microsoft's days really are numbered.

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two in the pink [douginadress.com]

What?

[Donniedarkness]

What's the deal with all the "Windows Live" stuff? "Windows Live Hotmail"? Microsoft really needs to hire someone new to write these names...

Now, if you'll all excuse me, someone just "squirted" me an email.

yeah, it's kind of freudian

[User 956]

"Hotmail" always struck me as sounding related to porn. Anyone else get this reaction ?

If that's the case, you better steer clear of PenisMail. [penismail.com]

Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail

[amplusquem]

It just... flows... Kudos to the naming department.

Probably a good idea

[edwardpickman]

Changing the name to SpamMail probably would have been a bad idea.

meet the new .net, same as the old .net

[hxnwix]

Once upon a time, Microsoft went slap happy with the Back-Office moniker. They hurridly affixed it to many a disparate product for reasons unknown.

Days past, PR staff churned and version numbers changed in format, length and value.

Eventually, Microsoft realized that back-office sounds like back-orifice. So, they went slap super happy with the .net moniker. They hurridly affixed it over stale back-office stickers and even on products that had been lucky enough to avoid the officially orificially excrementitious sounding branding the last time around.

Days past, PR staff churned and version numbers changed in format, length and value.

The most brilliant of the Microsoft Marketeers realized that .net doesn't mean anything. Bill himself saw this to be true and hurridly, desperately affixed 'live' to many a disparate product. The rest he called 'vista'.

Days past, PR staff churned and version numbers changed in format, length and value...

For Immediate Release

[StikyPad]

I would like to take this opportunity to announce that I will not be changing my name either, but I may be changing my appearance to resemble people with popular names.

Re:woo hoo 200 megabytes of mail space

[killjoe]

Because it's LIVE!.

We should be glad they skipped the ActiveMailX and Mail.NET branding and went straight to LIVE!!!.

Re:Windows Live Hotmail

[kfg]

Would you believe Windows Undead Tepidmail?

KFG

It's not alive

[Anonymous Coward]

After being repeatedly infected with viruses it's no longer alive. It's now undead.

Re:ironic

[Real_Reddox]

Hehe, a friend of mine once typed "hotmales" instead of hotmail. He didn't like the result

Re:ironic

[peepleperson]

A friend of mine used it for advantage, erm, sort of. His email address is (censored, obviously!) Kevin*******[e-mail]