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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by atlantique on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @04:02AM (#14601816)
Skype is Estonian.
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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by tskaiser on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @04:23AM (#14601915)
Skype (the company) was founded by Niklas Zennström, a swede. Skype (the software) was originally developed by estonians.

The company is what is pertinent to the discussion :)

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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by aedron on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @07:42AM (#14602814)
It was founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (Danish) in equal measure. The software was based on Janus Friis' earlier work (the Kazaa p2p network). It was developed by an outsourced team in Estonia.
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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by tskaiser on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @07:58AM (#14602902)
As a Dane I'm a bit embarrassed to forget Janus Friis. Thank you for the correction and elaboration.
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