Microsoft recently announced that they’d be merging their Office Live and Windows Live services into a single destination, all in the name of “simplifying the customer experience around our Live services.”

According to information from Microsoft, about a four million people have signed up for the Office Live program, which remains in beta since it was made public about ten months ago. According to Kirk Gregerson, they’re making this move in the wake of customer feedback.

One can’t help but wonder what this has to deal with the pending layoffs that Microsoft has to endure. With the recent loss of their Flight Sim studio, there’s no question that this merge will cause some layoffs.

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