Microsoft Buys Skype
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Note to self: Delete Skype account.
I didn't really use Skype often but like alot of people are saying I loved the fact it wasn't another tendril on the Great Old One that is Microsoft or Apple.
I didn't really use Skype often but like alot of people are saying I loved the fact it wasn't another tendril on the Great Old One that is Microsoft or Apple.
*deletes Skype account*
Anything being handled by Micro$oft's tentacles is in for a disastrous ride.
Anything being handled by Micro$oft's tentacles is in for a disastrous ride.
Xbox Live? Does Xbox Live really need Skype though? I mean, it already has cross game chat and party chat. Unless Skype does more than I think it does, I don't see why Xbox Live needs it.
(My account that I just got a week or so ago and have used once, so if it does more than I think it does like I mentioned above, it's because I have barely used it so far. And no you can't have my Skype ID.)
Neither do I. But wait, guess I'd better delete my Skype account like all the cool kids.Ephraim J. Witchwood said:
(My account that I just got a week or so ago and have used once, so if it does more than I think it does like I mentioned above, it's because I have barely used it so far. And no you can't have my Skype ID.)
Despite the price it was a good move by Microsoft. Seeing the interest from Facebook, and especially Google, they smartly took the infrastructure away from them, so now Google, Facebook, and whoever else was interested will now have to start from scratch on their own service. It's like by a property in Monopoly just so no one else can have it. It gives you a good bargaining position later on down the line.
I love how so many people are like "OMG Delete skype account" - We dont even know what MS is going to do with Skype yet, the end user on PC might not even feel a difference, at all.
Ill still keep using skype, as, really, it does its job, and will continue to its job, just in more places.
Ill still keep using skype, as, really, it does its job, and will continue to its job, just in more places.
Next Week's Headline:
User Base of Skype Drops by Half
hehe
I joke
I don't really use Skype that much, and when I do I use the chat function. Usually just to talk with weird European friends who don't use normal chat programs for some reason
I wonder if this will crap up its Mac install base at all?
User Base of Skype Drops by Half
hehe
I joke
I don't really use Skype that much, and when I do I use the chat function. Usually just to talk with weird European friends who don't use normal chat programs for some reason
I wonder if this will crap up its Mac install base at all?
If they turn Skype into a pay as you go service, I'm gonna hafta smack a *****.
And by a ***** I mean Microsoft's CEO.
And by a ***** I mean Microsoft's CEO.
They'll probably cut out features and compatibility then release a "professional" version for money which does all the things the old one did.
I dearly hope Microsoft doesn't start charging to use Skype, seeing how I use it at least a few hours a week for gaming. Even longer when just chatting with friends. *prays that MS doesn't try to add too many crazy features and charge per hour*
One question - I was planning on downloading the Skype iOS app earlier today. Does this mean that Skype won't be supported anymore on Apple devices, like my iPod Touch? Because if so, then this peeves me greatly. If not, then fair enough, nice business move from MS - I approve .
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NOOOOOO!!! I can't stand to see skype, a great service I love and use every day, turn into some badly designed Microsoft software that only makes sense in the mind of some Microsoft employee who's probably living on the moon. Yes, I'm looking at you "Games for Windows".
Back to tin cans and string I guess...
Back to tin cans and string I guess...