  FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | there goes linux support amirite? | |
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MS will find a way to screw it up. | |
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| | | | Re: there goes linux support What will they change the name to, and how many versions will they have...?
Windows 7 Phone VoIP Communicator Home Starter Edition, perhaps...
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| | | | | Re: there goes linux support ...but you'll be able to upgrade your free software to the Pro version for $179. | |
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kudos:1 | What should we Wype you with? An iPad?  | |
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join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR | Re: there goes linux support I bet the SEC will require continued linux support in order to approve this deal. | |
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| | | | |  KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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join:2003-05-26
Climax, MI
kudos:3
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| said by NY Tel:said by aztecnology:What will they change the name to, and how many versions will they have...?
Windows 7 Phone VoIP Communicator Home Starter Edition, perhaps...
No I vote for a combination of Windows + Skype = WYPE Does anyone want to wype with me this weekend?  
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| | | | | | | Re: there goes linux support BRILLIANT!! | |
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join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
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| said by aztecnology:What will they change the name to, and how many versions will they have...?
My money is on, "Windows Live Skype". Which will be abbreviated to WLS, then expanded by those who hate it to, "Windows Live Sh*t".
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| |  chlenEthically ChallengedPremium
join:2001-01-16
Albany, NY | said by yokocar:..and Android, and IPhone and a host of others.
MS will find a way to screw it up.
I do not think so. In fact you can bet on it.
MS stands only to lose by dropping Android, Linux, Mac support, less users = less profit. This arm of MS is not the same that makes Windows.
MS is not in the loosing money business, they will more then gladly support as many devices as possible and this will make skype even better with more money and support behind it, it will become a much wider used business tool.
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| | | | | Re: there goes linux support said by chlen:MS stands only to lose by dropping Android, Linux, Mac support, less users = less profit. This arm of MS is not the same that makes Windows.
MS is not in the loosing money business, they will more then gladly support as many devices as possible and this will make skype even better with more money and support behind it, it will become a much wider used business tool.
Just like with Silverlight DRM support? | |
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| | | | chlenEthically ChallengedPremium
join:2001-01-16
Albany, NY | Re: there goes linux support said by ricklerre:said by chlen:MS stands only to lose by dropping Android, Linux, Mac support, less users = less profit. This arm of MS is not the same that makes Windows.
MS is not in the loosing money business, they will more then gladly support as many devices as possible and this will make skype even better with more money and support behind it, it will become a much wider used business tool.
Just like with Silverlight DRM support? Apples and oranges. MS makes money regardless of OS on skype.
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| milnoc
join:2001-03-05
H3B
kudos:1 | Maybe not. Microsoft has spent a bundle acquiring Skype. The last thing they'd want to do is kill off existing revenue streams such as the ads and the "real phone" subscription fees.
What this will definitely do however is allow them to integrate Skype directly into the Windows Phone 7 operating system, just like what was accomplished with the Nokia N900 smartphone.
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| |  NOCManMacChatterPremium
join:2004-09-30
Colorado Springs, CO | Re: there goes linux support 8 billion is a lot of money to spend on something they already could do for free. | |
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| | | | | Re: there goes linux support True - but this is the cost of running the competition out of business. | |
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| | | | | | Re: there goes linux support Exactly, MS has had for years the habit of either forcing companies out of business or buying them.
As for the case that MS could do this for free? I think they would rather have something that actually works and works well.
I like Skype very much. The brilliant minds behind it have a product that works no matter what. From a sysadmin point of view, Skype traffic on a corporate network is almost impossible to kill.
The unfortunate fact is that because it is MS after all, I and many others will or have already uninstalled Skype and will never use it again. | |
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| | | | KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK Reviews:
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| And ask yourself?
Why would you pay 8 billion to run the competition out of business?
So... you can rape back 10x that amount from the captive slavesumers, perhaps?
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| | | | | said by NOCMan:8 billion is a lot of money to spend on something they already could do for free.
How exactly do you think they would have acquired 600+ million new customers for free? | |
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| | |  dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | said by NOCMan:8 billion is a lot of money to spend on something they already could do for free.
How much ya wanna bet that goes away or they put some low call length limitation in
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| |  DarkLogixPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | Why they already have Lync they don't need another Voip
whats this going to do for them? Give em a public Voip program when they already have an enterprise voip program? | |
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| | | | | Re: there goes linux support Just like google had google video? If a product is better then what you had, why not buy it and kill off the lesser of the two products? | |
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So while it's not far-fetched to think that MS would drop support for anything but Windows, it would be silly for them to do so. Especially since all the software and infrastructure is there for them to continue to offer all of the support.
If they had developed Skype from the ground up, it would make sense that they wouldn't have Linux versions, and iPhone versions, and Android versions.
But it's because of those versions that a big chunk of those 600+ million users exist. | |
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join:2003-12-09
Lakeland, FL
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| Nice while it lasted MS will do everything in their power to mess it up. They will start by internally mandating Skype uses MS technology, have a windows 7 look and not support the Mac
In 5 years, they will shut it down due it loses money, after they raised prices on the service and stopped the free internet only calling | |
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|  MarkAWBarry WhitePremium
join:2001-08-27
Canada
kudos:16 | Re: Nice while it lasted said by guppy_fish:MS will do everything in their power to mess it up. They will start by internally mandating Skype uses MS technology, have a windows 7 look and not support the Mac
In 5 years, they will shut it down due it loses money, after they raised prices on the service and stopped the free internet only calling
...or support Linux.
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| | | actualy i see them meshing this with windows live messenger, perhaps dropping the current ability to call with messenger for skype's establised platform. | |
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|  N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | Or try and sell it off at a huge loss, much as News Corp is trying to ditch Myspace.
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join:2000-10-12
Homestead, FL
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·AT&T Southeast
| Now we stop using Skype. I will now have to make a company wide suggestion to stop using Skype. There is nothing good about Microsoft buying anything. They have already stolen enough technology and called it their own. Now they have a chance to legally steal technology and then get rid of it.
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join:2003-05-13
united state
kudos:2 | I wish it was Google :( I wish it was Google  | |
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| | | Re: I wish it was Google :( said by Kommie:I wish it was Google
They already have Google Voice. All they have to do is add wi-fi/3G calling, and you can bet that will come, maybe sooner now that MS bought Skype. | |
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| |  Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium
join:2002-03-03
USA
kudos:4 | Re: I wish it was Google :( said by ISurfTooMuch:They already have Google Voice. All they have to do is add wi-fi/3G calling, and you can bet that will come, maybe sooner now that MS bought Skype.
MS will have Skype on Windows Phone 7. Google has Google Voice on Android. And Apple has Facetime on iOS. This is all the major cellphone platforms getting ready to dump regular voice services altogether and switching to VOIP data only cellphones. It has been predicted before, but VOIP will be the only voice services that mobile users will be using. How long? 5 years from now, their will not be any voice services on cellphones that isn't VOIP.
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | Re: I wish it was Google :( I agree that the day is coming, but first, these services need to be interoperable, which they aren't now. | |
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| | F%^K! Well, F&^K! I was JUST getting excited about Android video support ... Android support will be the first to go, then Linux, then iPhone. You can forget Playstation, etc...
Doesn't MS know that people HATE Microsoft? And we will stop using their products not only because they manage to F' up everything but because we hate them? If they even want a chance to succeed, they better not show bias towards MS products | |
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|  aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
·Verizon FiOS
| Re: F%^K! said by cruz1 :Well, F&^K! I was JUST getting excited about Android video support ... Android support will be the first to go, then Linux, then iPhone. You can forget Playstation, etc...
Doesn't MS know that people HATE Microsoft? And we will stop using their products not only because they manage to F' up everything but because we hate them? If they even want a chance to succeed, they better not show bias towards MS products
Now if the dark side, Apple, had bought them that might be bad. I certainly like Microsoft better than Apple. I use many, many products from Microsoft and they work extremely well. | |
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|  TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | ^%$#@^%!!!%* indeed Did you hear that......They just called a code blue at the EU HQ. The ministers at the European Union just went into cardiac arrest. Skype has always horned into their monopolistic phone systems, and now combine that with the most hated thing in their computer world, M$ chest pains, heart palpitations, full arrest.
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| | | Re: F%^K! said by cruz1 :Well, F&^K! I was JUST getting excited about Android video support ... Android support will be the first to go, then Linux, then iPhone. You can forget Playstation, etc... Give Tango a shot. They're already doing video calls on Android and iPhone. And they seem to work pretty well. No support on other platforms, at least not yet. »www.tango.me | |
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|  JHBCalifornia Dreamin'
join:2002-02-08
California | People dont hate Microsoft! Maybe most people in these forums! | |
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| | Skype isn't broken.... ....so of course, M$ will have to break and ultimately destroy it... | |
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| kcblackPremium
join:2000-09-11
Chicago, IL | Re: Skype isn't broken....but skype video on 4g is... Skype is broken. When they forgo a revenue stream on all 4g android carriers for a deal for an exclusive with Verizon, it is broken.... | |
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| I wont stop using it just yet I can see this going very wrong however Im sure MS wont try to F%$* it up just yet, all Internet calling and regular features will stay the same, there will be support for android windows phone and other smartphones, but the software will cost u a small fee, except or apple devices I see them getting rid of apple support totally or charging a pretty penny for support of the competing brand thats a given. As for Linux support thats a touchy subject, but I'd say, get ready to say good bye.
PS Microsoft (IE: Bill Gates) seems to be dipping into everything lately, He just became the majority share holder in CN ( Canadian National) railroad.. He really is a railroad tycoon. | |
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join:2001-03-05
H3B
kudos:1 | Re: I wont stop using it just yet The Bill Gates Tower? | |
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Heck the estimate cost for the spire is only $2.4 Billion and most of the ground work is already done, not to mention gates can have CN railroad ship in everything needed for little to nothing, as he is the majority share holder, and we Microsoft techs will do all the electrical and networking as an inside contract, no union needed. Hell can have it built for $1 billion! lol | |
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join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | Re: Gates tower... you do relize that Bill isn't dealing with microsoft any more right?
he's as close to retired as he's planning to go | |
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join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
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| Curiouser and Curiouser I have to say I am scratching my head over this one, just like when eBay acquired Skype. I wonder if Micro$oft will be able to Skype going and keep improving it or if I can kiss iOS and other non-Windows platform support goodbye. I am not overly optimistic.
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join:2002-08-07
Westerville, OH | Is the end near? R.I.P. skype
I hope I am wrong and MS supports this across all current platforms and expands to even more. | |
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join:2006-08-30
HarperLand
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| What a disaster! They paid CASH for the company,that shows you how filthy rich M$ really is.
Will they screw up ? In the long term, in the short term, they need to figure out why the bought it, other then taking a tax loss.
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| | Live Voice? Maybe MS will set up a competing 'Google Voice' product for their 'Live' applications. That could be cool! | |
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join:2007-01-03
Pointe-Claire, QC
kudos:22 Reviews:
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| LTE may be key to this Remenber that LTE is still without voice support.
With Skype, Microsoft will be able to give 4g "Windows" phones voice capabilities that others (Apple, Android) won't have.
So Windows Mobile 4G phones may be first to offer voice support.
(by 4G, I mean LTE). | |
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join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | math come on quote:
The company was acquired by eBay for $2.6 billion in cash and stock back in 2005, and eBay gets $2.55 billion for its remaining 30% stake -- meaning they finally made money on the deal.
2.6billion is more than 2.55 billion so theystill didn't make money they lost 50million and thats before counting inflation | |
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| | | Re: math come on They only lost money on the deal if Skype made eBay $0 for as long as they owned them.
Do you really believe that is the case?
If someone pays you $2.55 billion for a company you paid $2.6 billion for, and that company made you more than $50 million for the years you owned it, you didn't lost money. | |
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|  PathfinderDazed ConfusedPremium
join:2000-03-26
Mount Vernon, NY
·RoadRunner Cable
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| said by DarkLogix: quote:
The company was acquired by eBay for $2.6 billion in cash and stock back in 2005, and eBay gets $2.55 billion for its remaining 30% stake -- meaning they finally made money on the deal.
2.6billion is more than 2.55 billion so theystill didn't make money they lost 50million and thats before counting inflation In 2009 Ebay sold 65% to private investors for $1.9B.
According to other articles I have read, Ebay has a 35% stake.
35% of 8.5B = 2.975 B + 1.9B = 3.875B
3.875B - 2.6B = 1.275B profit. Not too bad. | |
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| | M$ helping incumbents? This can only help companies like AT&T et al., as M$ will find a way to minimize it's effectiveness. Probably, by blending it into XBox Live, Live Messenger, etc. and provide minimal support for it by making it an applet in Windows 8 for those who just want to 'make a call' using their (soon-to-be) legacy accounts. | |
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join:2000-09-11
Chicago, IL Reviews:
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| Need Android Video Support besides Verizon I just hope this gets skype off its but and lets all android 4g users have video chat, just just verizon. I would have paid to do this but they wouldn't do it cause of their deal with Verizon and I'm on Sprint. Considering that Skype bought Qik a couple months ago, this just doesn't make any sense. This is the whole reason I bought a phone with a front facing camera. | |
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| | Better math The Math:
eBay bought it for 2.5 billion
They sold 65% of it in 2009 for $1.9 billion
They kept 35%, which means today they made a *profit* 2.9 billion. | |
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| | boring... now I can look forward to embedded viruses in skype like the rest of the Microsoft product line. Glad I quit using it some time ago because it's full of spammers and marketers. | |
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| tito79
join:2010-03-14
Carmel, NY | Net meeting? Guess thats going to be there new version of net meeting lol. | |
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| | DarkLogixPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | Re: Net meeting? they already have a voip/video product
its cald Lync | |
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join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
kudos:70 |  and just when I got a skype account
I don't think I could stomach installing WGA on my iphone. | |
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join:2001-06-15
Long Island | I never cared for Skype Google Voice, Talk and Chat do ill i need or want. Anyone else feel this way? | |
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