E-mails are what turn the world around, we are all using this amazing type of communication that enables us to reach anyone anywhere. Instead of sending it in the regular post, closing our letters in an envelope and sending it with the postman to be delivered by the post services, and of course reach the destination in a couple of days. We are using e-mails, which we write a letter and send it electronically using the Internet in one click, and it reaches the destination in a matter of minutes (seconds).

This technology when it started a long while back was the goal of any serious company that wanted to become the solely used e-mail tool by everyone. This means that they wanted everyone to use their e-mail system and not the competition. At the beginning, there were some basic web e-mail account systems, which the most used was the Yahoo mail, with it’s Yahoo messenger which connected between e-mail accounts and an online chat tool that enabled everyone connected (that had a Yahoo e-mail account) to just talk online with each other (you could see when the connected friend was online)
and you could interact with him to start an online chat.

Microsoft created their Hotmail e-mail accounts, and the MSN messenger, to participate in the fight for the crowd, trying to produce tools that everyone will prefer over the competitors. I can honestly say that I didn’t like Hotmail very much and preferred the Yahoo e-mail tool better, but that was just me, and at those historic time.

Since then Google has created its Gmail e-mail online tool, and we have to admit, that they have managed to pull many users to connect to their free e-mail system, due to a better and convenient system. The facts are that Gmail has become a more usable online e-mail system, and Google which has started with their amazing and leading search engine (mostly used by everyone), had a BIG BITE in the online e-mail market against Microsoft and Yahoo which lost many users, which left them for the better system.

Microsoft still improved its e-mail system (Yahoo does as well) and its online chat system the MSN messenger, which gets updated from time to time.

Microsoft has also included the Hotmail account as a validation login to other of Microsoft systems, like their Volume License system – for tracking a company bought licenses, and track what licenses they have, and every purchased open license went to those lists.

Summarizing we can see that Microsoft Hotmail e-mail system has been the base for Microsoft’s other services, which they have chosen to include in tracking all of Microsoft services under one user/password login of the Hotmail system, and for their, they do deserve some credit.

You can choose to check their Hotmail mailing system and see maybe it fits you. I have to say, that since Gmail has started, I almost never go into my Hotmail e-mail account. But that is just me 🙂 I guess it is always a matter of taste.
The benefit of it all that there are alternatives which we can choose from, and all we need to do, is check things and decide which online e-mail tool we prefer to work with.