Well I don't think it was about control. It really was about the fact that the kit was not being used all that much buy other software. It was badly out of date to keep up with skype features and codecs. For example it could not do video it could not do screen sharing etc. also Microsoft decided to end support for all older versions of skype. This means they would have had to update the skype kit for it to continue working. It also did not work on windows 8 and 8.1. this means yet again they would have needed to update the skype kit to get it working. There was not enough return for Microsoft to do this. What I don't get is Microsoft has said on the skype blog and other places that this was happening so the support for skype kit ending should really not have come as a surprise. Hth
-----Original Message----- From: Baracco, Andrew W [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 8:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: General concensus on Skype Application Well, it's a business decision. They apparently want to have control over the product, and its future development. These changes often happen when a product is sold or taken over by another company. Andy -----Original Message----- From: Duyahn Walker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 8:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: General concensus on Skype Application IT used to be fast and responsive, when it was version 3.8 and a few versions after that. IT's really sad that Microsoft is now deciding that this is how they are going to cut off they're nose despite they're face. I think they might look back and say, "Boy, we made a huge mistake." Duyahn ----- Original Message ----- From: "MJ Williams" <[email protected]> To: "gw Micro Product Discussion Listserv" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 9:40 AM Subject: General concensus on Skype Application >I for one am not a huge fan, and that is putting it mildly. it's slow, >temperamental and causes problems with focus and has a tendency to take >over the screen. > Maybe it's time I started looking for an alternative to Microsoft Skype. > Funny how everything they touch quickly looses its appeal. Shades of the > old hotmail. > > Sincerely Matthew > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is > related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to > [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
