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Re:Microsoft's acquisition of Skype is a done deal by WayneDB on Friday October 14, 2011 @04:21PM (#3112763)
Except there is a plugin for Linux. It's called Moonlight. Why wouldn't you just install that? It worked fine for me on my Linux box as well as on OS X.

Also there's a difference between complaining just because you hate Microsoft and calling out a hater.

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Re:Microsoft's acquisition of Skype is a done deal by joebadmo on Friday October 14, 2011 @04:42PM (#3112861)
You know what? You're right, and I apologize. You have a fair point.

What made me react the way I did was the tone of your reply. I understand now that you were responding with a real and constructive solution, but the hate it was couched in made me read it as hate responding to hate.

I guess my question is: if you really believe he's just a hater, why respond at all? Do you imagine you'll change his position or behavior?

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Re:Microsoft's acquisition of Skype is a done deal by WayneDB on Friday October 14, 2011 @06:47PM (#3113249)
Oh, sorry I didn't see that you were not the original commenter. None of this was directed at you. My original response was in proportion to the original comment.

I think that responding in the way that I did does change behavior. Kind of like when you fight back with a bully, you make it not worth their time even if you get beat up. It doesn't always work, but a lot of the time it does.

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