RIP Skype

**Bald Eagle** · 11th May 2011, 07:50

Well there's another good idea gone south.

Microsoft is to buy internet phone service Skype for US$8.5 billion

**Scuba_Steve** · 11th May 2011, 08:05

Question now is what's the best alternative??? I think we have 1 more decent update to find out before skype starts becoming bloated, slow & shit the MS way

**Bald Eagle** · 11th May 2011, 08:10

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

Question now is what's the best alternative??? I think we have 1 more decent update to find out before skype starts becoming bloated, slow & shit the MS way

Skype could be combined with Microsoft software such as Outlook to appeal to corporate users, = Instant bloat the double-down burger app

**Swoop** · 11th May 2011, 08:42

Microsoft has bought Skype for $8.5 Billion?
Obviously nobody told them they can download it for free from the website.

**oldrider** · 11th May 2011, 10:02

Originally Posted by Swoop

Microsoft has bought Skype for $8.5 Billion?
Obviously nobody told them they can download it for free from the website.

Not for much longer, I suspect!

**george formby** · 11th May 2011, 10:17

Originally Posted by Swoop

Microsoft has bought Skype for $8.5 Billion?
Obviously nobody told them they can download it for free from the website.

**Brian d marge** · 11th May 2011, 13:54

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

Question now is what's the best alternative??? I think we have 1 more decent update to find out before skype starts becoming bloated, slow & shit the MS way

Fring? eikga? ...I agree any good alternatives , ( not that skype was much cop on linux anyway but at least it worked ...

Stephen

**cheesemethod** · 11th May 2011, 14:25

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**avgas** · 11th May 2011, 14:31

hmmmm some interesting tactics on behalf on uSoft. Because it seems a bit crazy investment wise.
But then again so was the poor suckers who bought trademe......

**jazfender** · 11th May 2011, 15:07

Skype as a product seems more like something Apple or Google would buy, not Microsoft.

but then it'd be iFace or gFace... now it'll be Microsoft Home Face Professional 2011.

**Bald Eagle** · 11th May 2011, 15:13

Originally Posted by jazfender

Skype as a product seems more like something Apple or Google would buy, not Microsoft.

but then it'd be iFace or gFace... now it'll be Microsoft Home Face Professional 2011.

.. and it will be a single DVD install with minimum 1Gb free space required, and a .net account to get it to run

**Scuba_Steve** · 11th May 2011, 21:33

Originally Posted by jazfender

Skype as a product seems more like something Apple or Google would buy, not Microsoft.

but then it'd be iFace or gFace... now it'll be Microsoft Home Face Professional 2011.

Na you'll be able to choose between MS Skype starter, MS Skype home basic, MS Skype home Pro, MS Skype business, MS Skype ultimate

**Gremlin** · 11th May 2011, 22:05

I see their ~~Acquistions~~ Research and Development has been hard at work.

**Oakie** · 11th May 2011, 22:37

Damn. And we just bought a webcam and got Skype 4 days ago. It's all a conspiracy. The good folk at Richmond are going to watch us .... hmmm, face recognition required to activate Windows licence and then to log on to your system. I wonder?