How Microsoft create Outlook from Hotmail

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Source: How Microsoft create Outlook from Hotmail

The story of Outlook begins not with Microsoft, but with two Indian entrepreneurs, Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith, who co-founded Hotmail in 1996. This pioneering service was the world's first free web-based email client, launched on July 4, 1996. After gaining significant traction, Microsoft acquired Hotmail for approximately $400 million in December 1997, integrating it into its MSN group of services.