Someone else will surely come up with an alternative that is linux friendly.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: > And what a loss for linux, as I guess development will be discontinued and > we will have to rely on third party hacks. > > > Simon Vass > Managing Director > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > email: [email protected] > skype: e-techservicedesk > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Victor van Reijswoud <[email protected]> > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, 10 May 2011 08:42:48 +0300 (EAT) > Subject: Re: [LUG] [OT] M$ Just Bought Skype For A Staggering $8.5 Billion. > Wow, what a success for these Estonian software entrepreneurs!! > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Sanga <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow! > > > > > > > > Sent to you by Sanga via Google Reader: > > > > > > Microsoft Just Bought Skype For A Staggering Amount Of $8.5 Billion. > > Official Announcement To Be Made Tomorrow Morning< > http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RedmondPie/~3/wGe5IVQRY-g/> > > via Redmond Pie <http://www.redmondpie.com> by Taimur Asad on 5/9/11 > > > > This is just in! 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