ParanoiaInc
join:2002-08-28
Tucker, GA | Let go buy some of their stock!
Well, if you can't beat them, join them! |
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SuperJudge
Magus
Premium
join:2002-11-14
Albany, GA
clubs: | If I had that kind of money.
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | No sh...
Microsoft isn't stupid. A chance to take a lead in a market with NO regulation? Who WOULDN'T go do this? |
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meskinct
Mad Scientist at Work
Premium
join:2002-01-07
Danbury, CT
clubs:
 ·Comcast
 ·magicjack.com
|  Did you really expect them to stand idle?
Like any company, you have to look for opportunities for growth and new products. Did you really think that M$ would just sit there and let this whole VOIP pass by them? Nope, they are not dumb.
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tonekilla
Pipe Dreams
Premium
join:2003-07-26
Gunnison, MS
clubs:
| heavyweight champion?
It'll be nice to see Microsoft battle SBC and the other bells. All of them have HUGE money coffers they could unleash at each other. I see this getting real nasty, if it materializes
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SaBo7Ge
join:2003-03-12
US | Things that make you go Hmmmmm
I wonder when similar anti-competitive lawsuits will start flying again since from the sound of things, MS intends to integrate VoIP into the OS.. |
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2farfromCO7
join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI
| Microsoft is so 90's
Microsoft is no longer in any position to control anything in the hi-tech industry except business software infrastructure. The only winners in VOIP are the owners of the infrastructure, the CABLE COMPANIES. Microsoft would be just another customer of the cable companies. How would they be in any position of power in VOIP? |
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
 ·Site5.com
 ·AT&T Midwest
·Comcast
| Gotta wonder how effective this will be
In my opinion, Microsoft is puting money into a lot of projects. Look at their firewall in Windows XP. It isn't the best, but it works. However, it seems that a lot of their side projects turn into something like that. When it comes to software firewalls, ZoneAlarm is much better IMHO. Seems that the companies that specialize in a certain niche make a better product. Microsoft is showing themselves to be a jack of all trades, but a true master of none of the extras they implement outside of their OS.
Will their VOIP be better than Vonage or others on the market today? Only time will tell.
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kiddigital
join:2000-06-16
Deltona, FL
·EarthLink
1 edit | said by Nightfall  :
Will their VOIP be better than Vonage or others on the market today? Only time will tell.
There is no way Microsoft could produce something better than the hardware VOIP providers.
I for one love the fact that my PC need not be on for me to make or receive a call. Add to that the fact that I have a real phone number that anyone can dial. Integrating VOIP into the OS would be a nice novelty but not a real replacement for POTS. Hardware VOIP is the future. |
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Freezone
join:2000-09-29
Southfield, MI | reply to ParanoiaInc
Re: Let go buy some of their stock!
You know that is a damn good idea. It could become as comon as using e-mail. |
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Freezone
join:2000-09-29
Southfield, MI
| reply to 2farfromCO7
Re: Microsoft is so 90's
By placing it in the os, people will start to let go over their phone lines if all their friends are on it by default.
Hmmm wait no I just realized I am on the no-call list. Unregualted voip would be exempt. The telemarketers would be out in force 
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ytse44
@193.charter-s
| reply to 2farfromCO7
"The only winners in VOIP are the owners of the infrastructure, the CABLE COMPANIES. Microsoft would be just another customer of the cable companies. How would they be in any position of power in VOIP? "
Microsoft owns(Paul Allen) Charter Communication. |
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AthlGrond
Premium,MVM
join:2002-04-25
Aurora, CO
·Comcast
| reply to SuperJudge
Re: Let go buy some of their stock!
said by SuperJudge :
If I had that kind of money.
You don't have $34?
($27 for a share and $7 to buy)
Not that I would recommend buying Microsoft, but it isn't all that expensive.
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hescominsoon
join:2003-02-18
Brunswick, MD | reply to kiddigital
Re: Gotta wonder how effective this will be
interesting..considering that win2k is where i stopped in my microsoft deployments(everything else is linux now) MS lurching at VOP will not be that big of a deal for me..
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SuperJudge
Magus
Premium
join:2002-11-14
Albany, GA
clubs:
| reply to AthlGrond
Re: Let go buy some of their stock!
said by AthlGrond :
said by SuperJudge :
If I had that kind of money.
You don't have $34?
($27 for a share and $7 to buy)
Not that I would recommend buying Microsoft, but it isn't all that expensive.
2 months ago I bought a 99 New Beetle, I'm getting married on April 4th, and I'm moving into a new apt next week. 
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AthlGrond
Premium,MVM
join:2002-04-25
Aurora, CO | Never mind, you have negative money.  |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
·PHONE POWER
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
·RoadRunner Cable
| SIP is already implemented in XP
SIP has been in Windows XP for a while. Windows Messenger used to use it, but in newer versions, Microsoft actually removed support for it. You can actually download an old copy of Messenger and connect to SIP services with it, we've successfully used it with the Asterisk linux-based PBX.
The same SIP API support can actually be built into Windows CE 4.1+ also. It's not all that well documented, though.
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SkypeFan
@poznan.pl | reply to ParanoiaInc
Re: Let go buy some of their stock!
Skype is still the best around! It's coming out for PPC and Palm in a few months! |
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b_zen
Premium
join:2002-07-24
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
·TTNet
| reply to kiddigital
Re: Gotta wonder how effective this will be
There's no need for being better than the hardware VOIP providers as the "best" isn't required by the mass-population... Something that will have consistency, ease of use and system-integrated (user friendliness) will wipe out any better product/services in a rather short term. Just watch... Microsoft holds the key to anything we know about computers, web interaction and the likes; I do not like it, but that's the way it is.
Until the Linux or whatever community gets a windows like, no non-sense approach, with the necessary drivers, will Microsoft will be in real danger; until then, we're all Microsoft's b*tches...
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The Beer
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
Premium
join:2001-07-24
Omaha, NE
clubs: | Agggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! |
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