MSN (or Microsoft Network) is an internet service provider created by Microsoft on August 24, 1995, coinciding with the release of Windows 95. The MSN moniker has since been extended to Microsoft's Hotmail webmail service and the MSN Messenger instant messaging client, as well as other Microsoft-branded websites.
... it did not always have inherently negative implications, it merely designated anyone who assumed power for any period of time without a legitimate basis of ...