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Please remember that Skype was bought by MS for 8.5 Billion (yes, crappy Skype). Of course it was bought for it's prevalence and big existing audience(i'm guess
by kelvin0 8y ago
Please remember that Skype was bought by MS for 8.5 Billion (yes, crappy Skype). Of course it was bought for it's prevalence and big existing audience(i'm guessing). Certainly not for it's great UI/UX and Communication capabilities (I hate Skype).
https://www.wired.com/2011/05/microsoft-buys-skype-2/ https://www.wired.com/2011/05/microsoft-buys-skype-2/
So anything marginally better could certainly be worth much, much more (as in this powerful Qualtrics products suite).
- ejstronge 8y agoSkype was far better before the MS acquisition - there doesn’t seem to be a comparable video platform anymore, considering that Skype offered amazing video at a time when (U.S.) internet speeds were even slower than what they are now.
- ekianjo 8y agoAgree, Skype in MS era is just a shadow of what it was before. They completely destroyed the user experience. I don't even know how you can break something that working so well before, and not realize it.
- kelvin0 8y agoMy experience using Skype on all types of connections (Cable,Fibre) and broad range of devices (High-End PCs) was always very bad (pre and post MS). We've used it both personally and in business environment, and it was always very difficult to get sound and/or image, connecting properly was always a crap shoot and included 5-10 connect disconnect before finally getting audio and video on both sides. Very painful to use. Glad some of you had better experiences.
- r00fus 8y agoForcing all supernodes to route through MS owned datacenters? ...which unfortunately destroyed the full P2P nature.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoSkype was far from crappy when MS bought it.