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10 years ago we didn't have gigabit connections in our homes, and or at our offices. Now that many of us do, P2P is not only viable, but likely better in many c
by k33n 9y ago
10 years ago we didn't have gigabit connections in our homes, and or at our offices. Now that many of us do, P2P is not only viable, but likely better in many cases than supernode based architecture. Ring will likely be around longer than Skype. As long as it is distributed by Linux distros' package managers, it will remain usable. Skype will eventually be shuttered.
- oblio 9y agoWhile your argument is quite strong, I wouldn't completely dismiss proprietary software such as Skype. Initial Skype release: 2003, so 14 years ago. It has staying power. Heck, Yahoo messenger (1998, 19 years ago), ICQ (1996, 21 years ago) and even AIM (1997, 20 years ago) are still around. And Skype has higher usage than those did: http://www.whoishostingthis.com/blog/2014/10/22/instant-messengers/ http://www.whoishostingthis.com/blog/2014/10/22/instant-mess...
- Nullabillity 9y agoHardly, today's Skype is more of a rebranded MSN Messenger than the Skype from 14 years ago.
- oblio 9y agoI still use the same account...