Windows Live Messenger to shut down in October 31

Last year, Microsoft had announced that Windows Live Messenger will be shut down in October 31 that users have to migrate to Skype which is kind of more popular. Now that Skype is with Microsoft, it may seem that Microsoft will have more work after that to keep Skype going. There may be recent features as well as the fact that the UI is redesigned with Modern UI in which the only ugly looking is taking place in the video chat section while the rest of the new Skype UI looks simple and fine. Perhaps, they forgot to change the background of the video chat or something to make things better.