LOL! Vaskie has a point, I heard the story on the radio several days ago.
But as for the closing of unsupervised chats, well I don't hang out there so I won't miss 'em but in the long run, I agree with Harley here. Microsoft is not only doing what it thinks looks right to parents and social workers and anyone who worries about kids getting involoved in things they shouldn't, thus earning kudos for being a socially positive company, but they are saving themselves from major litigation and hassles by shutting them down which is no doubt the bottom line for the Micro$shaft management.