This was so ironic that I simply had to blog it:-

After Steve Ballmer’s speech at the CES in Vegas I was beginning to think that there was hope for Microsoft. Since Ballmer had announced a new partnership with Facebook I thought I’d go find the Facebook app that would make it possible for me to have Windows Live Spaces automatically configured as another outpost; another piece of cyberspace to call my own as it were.

Having started a search earlier and found the Mirror Blog app, following which I installed it into my Facebook profile and wrote my analysis of it; I began the search again. This time I wasn’t distracted and very soon found it. Full of enthusiasm I installed it to my Facebook profile and started attempting to use.

I managed to sign in without problems; but initially found  the app’s UI a bit confusing. I discovered a few messages from Windows Live Spaces from between June and December 2008; most of which I’d read. The last of which was concerning an outage I’d experienced in December when attempting to sign up to a friend’s Windows Live profile; at which I’d concluded that Windows Live was an [expletive]. I clicked another of the mysteriously-labelled links in the app and was treated to the following: -

(Please forgive the bad-quality screen grab. (Again.))

Marvelous! Nothing’s changed I note.

Maybe I was right all along: Windows Live is an [expletive]? Enough said.

Addendum: I clicked the “About” button on the app and found this:

Windows Live Spaces (Facebook Application)

This app lets you manage your Windows Live Spaces account from inside Facebook, making it easy to run both profiles, or change everything over from Spaces to Facebook!

This application is created by Sean Fagan Systems.

Website: http://www.seanfagansystems.com

Windows Live Spaces © 2008 Sean Fagan Systems. All Rights Reserved.

It appears to possibly be an Irish web-hosting company with a number of extra departments.

The home page looks fairly professional. However when I clicked on the link for “Fagan Way Investments” I got a white screen and this message:-

“HACKED XUGURX BYEE”

This is the company who wrote the Facebook app for Windows Live Spaces. Are Microsoft making dramatic investment cutbacks or something?