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That's why Google didn't bought Skype, their P2P is not state of the art. Your client is also a server for someone else, they obviously need your IP address and
by sek 14y ago
That's why Google didn't bought Skype, their P2P is not state of the art. Your client is also a server for someone else, they obviously need your IP address and a proxy would not reduce traffic for Skype.
Why the heck did MS pay so much for it?
- bdonlan 14y ago> Why the heck did MS pay so much for it? Skype has a huge userbase. They can always migrate that userbase to a different technology later if they think it's worth it.