We all know microsoft closed chat. Maybe looking back will help us understand- Cops was all over msn chat looking for bad people i know that for a fact. I think and just personal opinion that microsoft wanted to isolate itself from lawsuits that mit happen from some one being taken advanage of in a msn chat room. I also wonder why microsoft didn't stop publishing msn chat onx- day it closed chat. Could it be that microsoft is setting back laughing at us all agrueing about if it's chat control is cloned or not. i also read e-mails to/from microsoft about chat control-sounds like double talk to me.