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Originally Posted by Guernsey
I like my MSN account and I don't want to change it soon.
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Your Microsoft (MSN) account doesn't change. You can use the same account with Skype and even merge it with a Skype account if you already have the latter as well.
I'm not sure about third-party clients, but seeing as how people in mainland China can still use Messenger, the protocol probably remains the same (unless the Chinese Messenger is updated to work with Skype). Assuming it's the same protocol, current third-party clients should continue to work.
Otherwise, it's possible that one or more third-party clients can have some kind of support for the Skype protocol. (I read that Trillian supports Skype, but I haven't used it in a long time so I can't confirm this.)