MS buys Skype - is this the end of Skype on Linux?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/8503937/Microsoft-buys-Skype-for-8.5bn.html
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On 10 May 2011 13:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote:
MS buys Skype - is this the end of Skype on Linux?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/8503937/Microsoft-buys-Skype-for-8.5bn.html
I cant see why. If they mess around
the other question to ask is, is this the end of skype?
The already have text, voice and video available of MS Live Messenger
So why not just buy the company and tear it to bits?
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Dan Attwood wrote:
The already have text, voice and video available of MS Live Messenger
So why not just buy the company and tear it to bits?
Because Skype is approximately synonymous with VoIP to most people -
there's no sense getting rid of all that good brand at all, especially
now it's
On 10/05/2011 13:33, Dan Attwood wrote:
the other question to ask is, is this the end of skype?
The already have text, voice and video available of MS Live Messenger
So why not just buy the company and tear it to bits?
One commentator has suggested they've done it for the subscriber list
On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 13:42 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
One commentator has suggested they've done it for the subscriber list
and not for the technology...
Ridiculous. Skype's ability to pierce all forms of NAT and firewall puts
it miles ahead of MSN.
On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 13:33 +0100,
On 10 May 2011 14:09, Tyler J. Wagner ty...@tolaris.com wrote:
Because publicly-traded companies don't do that to profitable companies
with valuable technology. It doesn't increase shareholder value.
Skype is $600+ million in debt and and last year lost $7m more. I
wouldn't call that profitable.
I don't believe at all that this is the end of the linux client! Microsoft
are a huge concern who are out to make money. I believe they see there own
failings in the VOIP world and like most other companies where technology is
short they buy in from outside.
I see this as a positive step and
On 10 May 2011 15:08, Mike Paglia mike.pag...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't believe at all that this is the end of the linux client!
Does this mean MS will be making software for Linux? Does this mean
Linus wins? What does this mean for Linux??!eleven
“If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux
J Fernyhough wrote:
Does this mean MS will be making software for Linux? Does this mean
Linus wins? What does this mean for Linux??!eleven
Did those Hyper-V modules ever make it into the mainline kernel?
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On 10 May 2011 16:05, Avi Greenbury li...@avi.co wrote:
J Fernyhough wrote:
Does this mean MS will be making software for Linux? Does this mean
Linus wins? What does this mean for Linux??!eleven
Did those Hyper-V modules ever make it into the mainline kernel?
I am not entirely sure they
http://about.skype.com/press/2011/05/microsoft_to_acquire_skype.html
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