[KwasiOwusu]

"Take HOTMAIL out of those MSN Numbers and you see how attractive a non portal they really are"

# 1, Hotmail IS part of Microsoft.

And # 2, most new PC's have msn.com as their homepage, so msn.com has very hight traffic. Msn is not just relying on Hotmail alone for traffic.

[HamiltonJay]

Trust me, break down their stats and I GUARANTEE You will find the bulk of "msn.com"'s traffic is simply from folks who use hot mail... many who don't use any other part of MSN and I bet you dollar to doughnuts many of them had their hotmail accounts before MS even bought the company.

MS on the internet has been a dud, the only "successes" they have are the ones they acquired. Just like MSNBC is a joke on Cable.. MSN on the internet is equally a joke.