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Taking Out the Skype Garbage
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| Oh, and one last note. I am sad to report that
| Skype marketing's campaign to foist the bogus
| "XXX million registered users" number on the
| world has been totally successful. That garbage
| number is now parroted with question by any and
| every reporter, "analyst" and blogger who
| writes anything about Skype. This is clear and
| indisputable proof that no matter how
| outrageous your claims, if you repeat them
| often enough, they will be accepted as truth.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014429o-2000498448b,00.htm
Recent:
Skype shutdown: where are free software and free protocols?
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| Free software is definitely going strong in some areas, especially in the
| server market. However, there are other areas where free software and free
| protocols have failed. Internet based voice and video communication is one of
| those areas. The market is basically fully owned by Skype, a piece of
| proprietary software based on a proprietary (and abusive) protocol in the
| hands the same company that runs eBay. Free software advocates have been
| saying âwhat if Skype was discontinued?â for years. Then I read about eBay
| considering shutting Skype down. Pardon?
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/skype_shutdown_where_are_free_software_and_free_protocols
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