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Skype is one of the more regrettable acquisitions. Linux support has been deplorable ever since.
by mwambua 10y ago
Skype is one of the more regrettable acquisitions. Linux support has been deplorable ever since.
- rbanffy 10y ago> Linux support has been deplorable ever since. That is probably a feature, not a bug ;-)
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoI've always assumed that was part of the embrace-extend-extinguish - "look at this shitty OS, Skype doesn't even work on there; you should use Win X".
- 2bitencryption 10y agoSkype already works on OS X (ahem, macOS) and Windows, arguably the only two desktop operating systems with a significant amount of users. It still works on those two operating systems. So what are they extinguishing? And also what are they even embracing? They bought it outright. I don't think EEE, which hasn't really been a MS thing since the 90's, is even the proper term for this at all.
- icc97 10y agoAt least it does work. Which of course Skype for Business completely doesn't, even in browsers (on Linux). Even then buying a Skype for Business account on Windows it's the most confusing mess as they assume that you're buying the full Office 365 suite and want to take over your email sending. Which contains this massive admin section that's basically empty and doesn't make much sense. So then you end up with some terrible user@blah.microsoftonline.com account which unless you pay for more than the basic package isn't an email address at all. So people still have to manually send you the link for any meeting that you are a part of. Then you have to do a real hunt to find the download for Skype for Business - cause they all assume you just bought the whole Office 365. I also can't connect to any Skype for Business account via Skype on Linux - just for messaging. That does work for some people for my Skype account on Windows to connect to Skype for Business but half the people don't get my contact requests or they are never shown online. Of course then there's Slack. Slack works everywhere. On top of that Slack (non-video) calls work almost everywhere except for the Firefox and Desktop apps on Linux.
- lbenes 10y agoFrom Mobile OS/Nokia to Business Chat/Skype, MS has a knack for have all right pieces at the right time and still missing big shifts in the industry. I saw demos of Surface ( Now PixelSense ) almost a year before the first iPhone was announced. My company was using Skype back in 2006 to do what we do now with Slack. It's amazing how a top tech company can stay on top while consistently being so far behind the curve.
- supercanuck 10y agoFortune 500 companies are replacing their entire physical phone systems with Skype.
- fl0wenol 10y agoFor this role OCS worked better before Skype for Business. We had click-to-call, voicemail, forwarding configuration with Outlook integration. It worked great. Then we went to 365 and Skype, ostensibly as a cost saving measure, and now none of that works. Big step back. I mean seriously.
- supercanuck 10y agoworks perfectly for us, and I'm at a Fortune 5 company at the moment.
- api 10y agoThe whole thing has been deplorable since they un-P2P'd it. Terribly performance and call quality.