History
NetMeeting was originally bundled with later versions of Internet Explorer 3, and the launch version of Internet Explorer 4.0. It incorporated technology acquired by Microsoft from UK software developer Data Connection Ltd and DataBeam Corporation (subsequently acquired by Lotus).
Before video service became common on free IM clients, such as Yahoo! Messenger and MSN Messenger, NetMeeting was a popular way to perform video conferences and chatting over the Internet (with the help of public ILS servers, or "direct-dialing" to an IP address). The defunct TechTV channel even used NetMeeting as a means of getting viewers onto their call-in shows via webcam, although viewers had to call on their telephones, because broadband Internet connections were still rare.
Since the release of the initial MSN Messenger Service (sic) and later Windows XP, Microsoft has deprecated it in favour of Windows Messenger and Microsoft Office Live Meeting. Note that Windows Messenger, MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger hook directly into NetMeeting for the application sharing, desktop sharing, and Whiteboard features exposed by each application.
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