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The Skype purchase was good for itself. It lead to Teams, which is dominating.
by NanoYohaneTSU 3y ago
The Skype purchase was good for itself. It lead to Teams, which is dominating.
- SoftTalker 3y agoThe only people I know using Teams are the ones who are forced to by management fiat. I guess that's dominating, but not really in a positive way.
- novia 3y agoTeams is dominating only because they bundle it with their other services. In my personal opinion, as someone who loved Skype before Microsoft got involved with it, Teams is complete trash, and impossible to work with in a business environment.
- ryanbrunner 3y ago> Teams is dominating only because they bundle it with their other services. This is a win from Microsoft's perspective. They don't have to have the best group messenger around, but having a significant office product being dominated by another company would be a massive risk to Microsoft, and Teams has prevented that.
- andai 3y agoSo killing Skype was actually their goal? :(
- smcleod 3y agoAnd bad for users. Skype went downhill fast and Teams… well we all know what that’s like.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoSeconded, teams winning is horrible for users in the long run (no competition allowed), but great for MS and IT managers.
- Lammy 3y agoIt was also good for the security state https://www.theregister.com/2009/02/12/nsa_offers_billions_for_skype_pwnage/ https://www.theregister.com/2009/02/12/nsa_offers_billions_f...