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darkknightkryta on 06 October 2011
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Joelcool7 said:
darkknightkryta said:
What PullusPardus said.


Read my response above. Spaces was not an integration of Windows Services nor did it offer the features that make FaceBook so sucessful. Spaces offered nothing truly unique and failed to integrate Microsoft's huge user base, if Microsoft had automatically integrated all Hotmail and MSN users as well as all future Windows OS owners into it. Added Bing to the top and integrated it alongside with Windows Live Games like offering AOE and other properties compatible with the PC versions as well as Live compatibility.

Imagine how revolutionary this could be for Windows. Creating a hub for all of Windows online services that also serves as a social network site. Putting the invite process in ever future Windows device whether it be a Phone, Tablet, PC, X-Box. Then having all the existing hotmail users and Microsoft supporters from competing devices like Android devices or Apple based devices or Linux. All integrated into one hub, bringing together all the Microsoft user base into one internet super power.

It would be the best way to compete against Google and FaceBook. Which are Microsoft's two biggest online competitors, Microsoft needs to take advantage of their huge user base both online and in the PC and console market. We already see Microsoft services being integrated with one another like Hotmail, SkyDrive and MSN forming Windows Live's email service. While separately the gaming division between PC, X-Box and Phones have been integrating gradually. But you've still got Yahoo if Microsoft acquires them and all of Microsoft's other online services like Bing and MSN. Microsoft moving in the right direction integrating them, but they have yet to integrate all of them into one online hub available to the everyone. If they integrated all of their online services linking them into a single hub (Social Network) that service couldn't fail.


Except for X-Box live, Hotmail incorporates everything, even BIng.  The "spaces" were to let you upload pictures and stuff and update your status and msn was for chat (Which should also be in hotmail, I'm too lazy to check).  Though what they plan to do now that they shut down spaces, who knows and meh.  When Microsoft puts effort into something, they do well (X-box, Windows 7).  But when they don't care everything is just kinda tucked under a rug (msn, spaces, hotmail, windows mobile 7, Which I hope gets a new marketting push, etc).  Social networking is something they're putting under a rug.  Though I have a hunch they'll do something with it for Windows 8.

edit: your response to pulluspardus wasn't there when I posted my previous comment.