i hve known many people who were using hotmail before it merge to msn microsoft
as hotmail origin is india hyderabad based i have seen many people but it was all history coz as many i know they are either aboard or not using hotmail anymore-
I signed up for Hotmail in March, 1997. The logo was a wire-frame, spinning globe in red. You can find the logo on the Internet somewhere. I still have my account, but I don't use it much because after all ... it's Microsoft.
Hotmail is a better email service now. It has free POP3/SMTP access. Delta Sync in Windows Live Mail allows Hotmail mail be downloaded like IMAP Folders.