Microsoft is Evil
Really, must I say more?
I just got an email from the Hotmail team telling me that no new accounts that are created on Hotmail will be accessible through Outlook or Outlook Express (and in extension, Mozilla Thunderbird). This might not sound too major since I have had my Hotmail account since 2000. However, they state that this exemption is only existent at this time, leaving open the possibility of them shutting down this service to all customers. The only way to access Hotmail with an external client will be to use their new Microsoft Office Outlook Live service. They include Microsoft Outlook 2003 as part of the package, but this hardly justifies paying $59.95 a year for what was previously free to all. One of the perks of their service is that you will get 2GB of storage (compared to gMail’s 1GB) plus the ability to send attachments of up to 20MB.
Due to this sudden and unwelcome piece of news, I just invited myself to use gMail so that I can slowly move away from Hotmail forever. It’s not like I enjoyed using it. The internet interface was slow and ad-laden and to use it with email clients other than Outlook and OE, you had to get extra programs to do the job for you (I use HotPop) that slow the communication down. This performance dip is unwelcome, especially since services such as gMail allow direct POP access to their mail, which incurs little overhead.
In conclusion, Don’t use Hotmail except to try to get spam and viruses to destroy their servers!!!!! ‘Nough said.