<s>
threedegrees	B-Application
or	O
3°	B-Application
(	O
frequently	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Three	O
Degrees	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
communication	O
and	O
P2P	O
application	O
produced	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
sign	O
in	O
using	O
a	O
.NET	O
Passport	O
and	O
integrated	O
into	O
MSN	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
sorted	O
buddies	O
into	O
groups	O
,	O
and	O
allowed	O
initiating	O
group	O
chats	O
in	O
MSN	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
sharing	O
of	O
pictures	O
,	O
listening	O
to	O
a	O
shared	O
playlist	O
and	O
sending	O
animated	O
winks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
threedegrees	B-Application
is	O
now	O
discontinued	O
and	O
the	O
certain	O
features	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
software	O
have	O
been	O
partially	O
integrated	O
into	O
MSN	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
7	I-Protocol
.	O
threedegrees	B-Application
used	O
to	O
only	O
run	O
under	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
Service	O
Packs	O
1	O
and	O
2	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
custom	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
stack	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
threedegrees	B-Application
had	O
a	O
concept	O
of	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
stream	O
your	O
music	O
to	O
other	O
threedegrees	B-Application
users	O
like	O
a	O
miniature	O
radio	O
station	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
other	O
new	O
features	O
being	O
included	O
in	O
MSN	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
7	I-Protocol
,	O
this	O
feature	O
did	O
not	O
make	O
it	O
due	O
to	O
large	O
copyright	O
issues	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
faced	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSN	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
does	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
now	O
enable	O
other	O
users	O
to	O
see	O
what	O
their	O
buddy	O
is	O
listening	O
to	O
and	O
is	O
linked	O
to	O
a	O
website	O
providing	O
this	O
music	O
if	O
needed	O
,	O
a	O
concept	O
spurred	O
by	O
this	O
idea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
threedegrees	B-Application
product	O
was	O
conceived	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
an	O
internal	O
startup	O
at	O
Microsoft	O
called	O
the	O
Netgen	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
threedegrees	B-Application
product	O
never	O
reached	O
mass	O
adoption	O
,	O
it	O
represented	O
one	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
early	O
attempts	O
to	O
revitalize	O
its	O
MSN	B-Protocol
division	O
through	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
an	O
incubator	O
team	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
main	O
R&D	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
