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Clippy came from Bob. The tech was called Microsoft Agent.

Ah, interesting. I didn't know that.

https://youtu.be/5DqJwmzG6Fk?si=5oUEH0YiwZFCaYO0

Well, almost without a trace. Unfortunately?

I always wonder was MSN ever actually a thing or did Microsoft pull it / replace it before it reached the market? I know plenty of people who used AOL or CompuServe, but never met anyone who used the original MSN.

I think you might be right that it was pulled before it was available to the general public. I never saw it in the wild.

You mean the full internet experience in one window thing like the aol browser? I’m pretty sure I used to use it, light blue thing and hotmail a more seemless integration?

My grandpa has MSN as an ISP and would dial in using a fully featured, very blue windowed program that had everything Internet in it. I remember thinking it was pretty cool.

Now I feel old, lol