Re:Clearly, Skype On Linux Has No Future
by pbhjpbhj on Thursday May 12, 2011 @08:58AM
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>After all it's not Microsoft's job to further the Linux, iOs, OSX, Android, WebOS et al platforms.
Shouldn't they be using this as another opportunity to win users for their OS. Surely if they show me how well their software works then that's big attraction to use their OS and hence buy in to their other offerings.
This announcement has me really annoyed. I set all the family up on Skype with webcams for Christmas and have been waiting for the Linux client to be eventually updated. Now I'll be searching for an alternative ...
I don't hate MS, they do some pretty cool stuff, they seem to hate me though.
Shouldn't they be using this as another opportunity to win users for their OS. Surely if they show me how well their software works then that's big attraction to use their OS and hence buy in to their other offerings.
This announcement has me really annoyed. I set all the family up on Skype with webcams for Christmas and have been waiting for the Linux client to be eventually updated. Now I'll be searching for an alternative ...
I don't hate MS, they do some pretty cool stuff, they seem to hate me though.