Also the brief foray into "Live" https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Windows_Live

Oh I remember. For those interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_.NET_strategy

It wasn’t during that exact period, but at some point they even let you create @dot.net e-mail addresses. I nabbed one and was happy for the vanity of it all, but they mysteriously unplugged them maybe two or three years later.

dot dot net, amazing.