Micro$oft buys skype - Page 1
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author: FreeThinker
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2011, 04:46:27 pm
content: Microsoft has just bought skype, how long before they screw that up too?

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2011, 06:57:50 pm
content: no need skype is all ready badwhats more the original writer (p2p guy) was cleaver to own all the software skype uses ie the skype protocoli am hoping skype becomes more stable unlike the new version 5 and that linux version (skype is very bad on linux) gets fixed.

author: FreeThinker
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2011, 07:12:09 pm
content: Quote from: Sionyn on May 11, 2011, 06:57:50 pmYep it's bad. My fear is micro$oft will try to fix it

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2011, 07:37:53 pm
content: yep fix it with a backdoor

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2011, 09:07:46 pm
content: i remember when hotmail was my email long time ago. now not anymore... forgotten, bye bye.

author: Hypernova
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 12, 2011, 12:51:13 am
content: Quote from: Mechatrommer on May 11, 2011, 09:07:46 pmStill using my first as my main account even after a decade.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2011, 05:35:36 am
content: Quote from: Hypernova on May 12, 2011, 12:51:13 amsome people treat their email address more than anything (businesswise etc) but i was just a kid, and the hotmail name didnt mean anything to me. last time i remember, there's fee to register (for more premium package?) but now it seem its free again. not sure, but i used yahoo ever since.

author: Hypernova
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 12, 2011, 07:39:29 am
content: Quote from: Mechatrommer on May 12, 2011, 05:35:36 amI was a kid too (high school), this was back when that account had a 2MB(or was it 5?) limit. Boy that sure sound ancient.

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2011, 08:21:07 am
content: Well this makes GoogleTalk look even better.Regards

author: saturation
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2011, 10:50:11 am
content: Skype was great with its free calls. I don't know if uSoft will continue to allow free calls. These days google voice is more convenient and you can make direct computer or smartphone to landline calls in the US and Canada for free.@PeterG: you mean googleVoice?

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2011, 11:46:20 am
content: I use Google Talk here in Aus. Google Voice is not available here yet. I use Google Talk which is pc/mac/linux only (no mobile version that i know of).Regards

author: sacherjj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2011, 01:25:00 pm
content: I have no doubt that Skype will be on the Xbox in short order for families to use chatting over Microsoft's Kinect device.I wonder if it will be another thing that gets integrated into Windows, so when it crashes, it brings almost everything down, like the explorer process.

author: metalphreak
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2011, 03:00:34 pm
content: Skype + .NET = Skynet

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2011, 05:17:27 pm
content: Quote from: PeterG on May 12, 2011, 11:46:20 amHopefully that will become a good competitor.Ideally we want something with an open and royalty-free protocol, preferably open source.

author: FreeThinker
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2011, 06:55:36 pm
content: Quote from: Hero999 on May 13, 2011, 05:17:27 pmYour Faith is an inspiration to us all!

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2011, 09:25:36 pm
content: You think Skype is bad? Go to Dubai and you'll find the local immigrants are forbidden to even use it. The phone system is owned (or should I say pwned) by the govt and free phone calls to India/Pakistan would be bad for their revenue. So they just outright banned it. It is available to tourists in the hotels after you pay 5 bucks an hour for internet service however.What isn't talked about is the amount of value knocked off the MS share price when the announcement hit the wires. The concern is, a few in the know would surely have shorted the stock.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 14, 2011, 09:14:59 am
content: That's probably the case in many dictatorships. It's probably also more easy to monitor their own phone lines than Skype.