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  1. Migrate away! Migrate away now! by Hal_Porter · · Score: 2 · on Microsoft is Killing Outlook.com Premium (thurrott.com)

    I remember when Microsoft killed off MyPhone and the Windows Mobile app store.

    http://www.bgr.in/news/microso...

    What that meant was "Windows Mobile is dead. All your favourite mobile applications already run on Android and iOS and don't work on Windows Phone. Time to migrate to one of those".

    In my case my favourite application was Pleco, a Chinese dictionary. That worked on Windows Mobile and now runs on iOS and Android and not on Windows Phone.

    Now Windows Mobile was never a commercial success, except compared to Windows Phone.

    Still you'd think their cloud stuff should be safe right? Well not anymore. Shutting down servers is a bad sign - it usually means a wider cull of products is in process at Microsoft.

    It's dumb too - if you tell people the product they are using is being killed off and they need to migrate, they're just as likely to migrate to the competition as they are to the Microsoft product you want them to migrate to.