Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client

Re:Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client by vanderZwan on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @05:45AM (#11165792)

And when someone tries to innovate in this live group chat space, they get bought out[0]. I doubt we'll see the features of Talko in Skyp any time soon, and I expect whatever creative buzz they had going over at Talko will surely be killed by the forced reintegration into the Microsoft bureaucracy.

[0] http://www.talko.com/

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Re:Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @07:02AM (#11166073)

They /let themselves be bought out/; big difference there. If their ideology was to create a proper Skype competitor, they wouldn't go for the 'quick buck' / become millionaires overnight.

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Re:Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client by pjmlp on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @07:13AM (#11166128)

You are quite right, I don't understand the HN/Reddit mentality that only the buyer is to blame when FOSS projects get bought.

After all they also took the money.

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Re:Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client by vanderZwan on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @08:31AM (#11166525)

Fair point! However, I stand by my pessimistic view of how things will develop after the buy-out.

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Re:Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client by Grishnakh on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @11:04AM (#11167722)

So all I need to do to become a millionaire is make a Skype clone and then let MS buy me out? Who wants to join me?

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Re:Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client by benedikt on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @11:16AM (#11167827)

Let's do this

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