On 20/09/2014, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Saturday 20 September 2014 08:00:16 Bret Busby wrote: >> On 20/09/2014, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Saturday 20 September 2014 07:32:54 Bret Busby wrote: >> >> It has just occurred to me - I believe that the appropriuate term for >> >> the Microsucks action, is crippleware. Microsucks has crippled >> >> versions of Skype, that have version numbers earlier than 4.3. >> > >> > I don't use Skype so can't test, but why not try just changing the >> > number >> > as >> > >> > has been suggested, and as has apparently worked for some other people? >> > >> > Lisi >> >> I had already tried one method of doing that - using the suggested >> method which involved using sed - which was offered as an alternative >> to using a hexeditor (which option scared me) > > Ah! That answers my question. Perhaps the time has come to grasp the bull > by > the horns? The lesser evil? And it may turn out a good deal less fearsome > > than you expect. > > Lisi >
Unfortunately, as indicated by subsequent posts in this and a later, related, thread, Microshite's ongoing campaign of sabotage of technology, has apparently overcome the particular fix. Hopefully, sometime, someone will successfully destroy the deathstar-like entity that is Microshite. And, hopefully, the original Skype developers will create a new Skype facility, free of Microshite. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8MS_Gx==oKxRmgtSRz_40TMZp6M-GZ3aUKMbr05s=j...@mail.gmail.com