Maybe they just want ownership of patents and copyrights to use in future arm-twist sessions like the one with Novell/openSuSE to force agreements and/or royalties.
John Lange wrote: > Personally I've always failed to see the appeal of skype since it's > something that could be replicated using other voip related tools with > the added benefit of being tied to a larger database of potential > users that you could reach. > > For example, google voice does exactly the same thing and I'm sure > there is probably a face book app and all kinds of other services that > will be challenging their business especially for mobile devices. If > Microsoft decides Skype is going to be a proprietary tool to boost > Windows in some way, which seems likely given the cancellation of the > Digium contract, it will fail. > > All of this is further evidence that Microsoft is beginning to slide > and can't seem to figure out what to do. > > And word today that Skype is "down" world-wide. > > John > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Dan Keizer<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey Bill -- sounds like a plausible explanation. >> An interesting twitter post by Ward (aka nerdvittles) indicates that >> Skype-Asterisk integration for free personal use is coming back ... >> Dan. >> >> I just got an email from Digium stating that Skype for Asterisk will not be >> available after July 26. The existing customers will be supported till July, >> 2013. >> >> I assume this is a fallout of the Microsoft purchase, perhaps Microsoft >> wants >> the ability for SIP to Skype gateway to be an exclusive feature for their >> own >> Communicator product. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Asterisk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/asterisk >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ Asterisk mailing list [email protected] http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/asterisk
