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		recoiledsnake on May 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows Live is dead Microsoft has been hobbled by unable to integrate services with Windows the way Apple has been doing because of the anti-trust oversight. Hell, the EU blows a gasket at them bundling the media player! There were some cool things in it like Live Mesh and the Writer. They couldn't even ship Skydrive with Windows. Since the oversight ended recently, they're going to integrate things with Windows 8.

ZeroGravitas on May 28, 2012 [–]

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

recoiledsnake on May 28, 2012 | [–]

I thought we were discussing why Live failed here, not whether the anti-trust trial was justified or not.

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