subject: Hotmail - Possibly Still Going Strong [print this page] Most people know Windows Live Hotmail as MSN Hotmail. Now, so many users still refer to it as simply Hotmail. This internet mail service has been around for as long as I can remember.
As the name implies, hotmail has become a hot item even to people who were then unfamiliar with the internet during the year 1996. Because the internet was at the time new to anyone, it was quite a risk on the part of the developers. Fortunately, people saw how easy it is to use an email service at once. Email soon become a common way to communicate even across the miles. The service is under the funding of a venture capitalist Draper Fisher Jurvetson and it was among the first web-based email services in the world.
The term hotmail is famous, but not many know that it was derived from the acronym html, which is an encoding terminology used in website development. Hotmail became "MSN Hotmail" when Microsoft expanded and improved the service in 1997. The most current version, "Windows Live Hotmail", was officially established in 2007, and is still the most widely used mail service nowadays.Anyone who has been using the internet for at least a month knows about hotmail. The service is steadfast and the interface is easy to use. The appeal of hotmail has something to do with its simplicity. The whole process of receiving and storing mail is simple.
In 2010 it is still the most popular mail service with over 300 million users. It's definitely a great thing that Microsoft decided to expand the service when they took over in 1998. The free hotmail service is still more popular than the paid one. Hotmail is now the official mail service of Windows Live, which is quite popular because it is the new face of Microsoft corporation.
The digital mail service became even more popular with the rise of internet dating and chat. This service has revolutionized the way people converse and share ideas all over the world. A lot of the people who use internet dating sites still use hotmail.
