Apple officially killing Messages beta for Lion users next month

It's been a long time since we talked about the Messages beta for Mac OS X Lion, but today it's working its way back into the news. It seems that Apple is gearing up to pull the plug on the last few stragglers who have enjoyed access to the Messages beta after the launch of Mountain Lion, sending out an email today that says the beta will soon be ending. Our own Craig Lloyd had one of these emails land in his inbox just a few minutes ago, and you can check it out after the jump.