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personally, I really like the performance of 'skype for business' but maybe I am in the minority there. all of the tools and integration with outlook is prett

by fosco 8y ago

personally, I really like the performance of 'skype for business' but maybe I am in the minority there. all of the tools and integration with outlook is pretty smooth...

debaserab2 8y ago
Skype and performance are two words that don't ever belong in the same sentence.
- dest 8y ago
  You just gave a counter example ;)
- 72deluxe 8y ago
  "Skype has performance issues" "Skype has abysmal performance" "Performance in not Skype's priority" I thought I would give some excellent examples of how to use "performance" with "Skype" - all of which are true!
- jacquesm 8y ago
  It could have the word 'bad' somewhere in the middle.
icebraining 8y ago
Well, then you won't be glad to know it's going away: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/16360072/microsoft-teams-replacing-skype-for-business https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/16360072/microsoft-teams-...
hnzix 8y ago
"Skype" for business isn't even Skype code. It's Lync with a sticker slapped over the top.
itworker7 8y ago
but what if we don't use outlook - not everyone does. this is at the fundamental heart of the problem with Microsoft (Apple is just as guilty, btw). It is the "hey, we have a nice ecosystem - everyone should use it" viewpoint. As a developer and consultant - I will decide which tools are appropriate and best for the job at hand, not something dictated by corporate marketing. Skype has gotten much worse since Microsoft acquired them. Every time I start Skype I have to update it and its not as stable as it once was, especially on OSX
ponyfleisch 8y ago
Skype for Business is really, really bad on MacOS. Half of the time i'm trying to use it, messages don't get sent with an error message. Sometimes they do get sent but i still get an error message. Skype on MacOS tends to get stuck in some loop that eats my CPU. So does MS Excel. MS Excel also had other, very annoying issues in the not so distant past. Sure, as a MacOS user i'm maybe not that important to MSFT, but the quality of some of their products is surprisingly low.
- heyoni 8y ago
  The excel bit is likely because multi core support isn’t on Mac just yet. If you opt into their latest beta channel for updates, it gets way better.
  - ponyfleisch 8y ago
    No i had a different issue. I think it was after hard resets when excel goes "do you want me to restore the stuff i had open before?" I would ignore this for a while (since plenty of other apps would also start up again) and then wonder what is eating my CPU. Surprise surprise, it's an Excel message box.

by fosco 8y ago

personally, I really like the performance of 'skype for business' but maybe I am in the minority there. all of the tools and integration with outlook is pretty smooth...

debaserab2 8y ago

Skype and performance are two words that don't ever belong in the same sentence.

dest 8y ago
You just gave a counter example ;)
72deluxe 8y ago
"Skype has performance issues" "Skype has abysmal performance" "Performance in not Skype's priority" I thought I would give some excellent examples of how to use "performance" with "Skype" - all of which are true!
jacquesm 8y ago
It could have the word 'bad' somewhere in the middle.

icebraining 8y ago

Well, then you won't be glad to know it's going away: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/16360072/microsoft-teams-replacing-skype-for-business https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/16360072/microsoft-teams-...

hnzix 8y ago

"Skype" for business isn't even Skype code. It's Lync with a sticker slapped over the top.

itworker7 8y ago

but what if we don't use outlook - not everyone does. this is at the fundamental heart of the problem with Microsoft (Apple is just as guilty, btw). It is the "hey, we have a nice ecosystem - everyone should use it" viewpoint. As a developer and consultant - I will decide which tools are appropriate and best for the job at hand, not something dictated by corporate marketing. Skype has gotten much worse since Microsoft acquired them. Every time I start Skype I have to update it and its not as stable as it once was, especially on OSX

ponyfleisch 8y ago

Skype for Business is really, really bad on MacOS. Half of the time i'm trying to use it, messages don't get sent with an error message. Sometimes they do get sent but i still get an error message. Skype on MacOS tends to get stuck in some loop that eats my CPU. So does MS Excel. MS Excel also had other, very annoying issues in the not so distant past. Sure, as a MacOS user i'm maybe not that important to MSFT, but the quality of some of their products is surprisingly low.

heyoni 8y ago
The excel bit is likely because multi core support isn’t on Mac just yet. If you opt into their latest beta channel for updates, it gets way better.
- ponyfleisch 8y ago
  No i had a different issue. I think it was after hard resets when excel goes "do you want me to restore the stuff i had open before?" I would ignore this for a while (since plenty of other apps would also start up again) and then wonder what is eating my CPU. Surprise surprise, it's an Excel message box.