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The best thing about how big skype is is that they have to maintain backwards compatibility (hardware skype phones that can't upgrade) so you can use whatever o

by Paul_S 14y ago

The best thing about how big skype is is that they have to maintain backwards compatibility (hardware skype phones that can't upgrade) so you can use whatever old version you want and it has to be supported by them. Which means you can stick to the old version which works fine without having to suffer through the new and "improved" glitzy version that is popup crazy and wants to hog all your system resources for what is essentially a chat program.

slig 14y ago
Well, I suppose they can identify exactly what version (and machine/OS) the client is using and specifically block old PC apps if they wanted to.
fredsted 14y ago
> old version which works fine And has a bunch of security holes.
- Paul_S 14y ago
  Which specific ones do you mean?
baby 14y ago
I can't use Skype because I have an iPhone 3GS which doesn't have the latest iOS (available only on iPhones 4). So I don't really get your point.
- beagle3 14y ago
  Skype worked fine for me in Jan 2012, last time I used my iphone 3G (ios 4.2.1). Voice/chat only, of course, because of missing front camera.
  - moheeb 14y ago
    Actually on Android the video chat works without a front facing camera present.
- lparry 14y ago
  Not sure what you're talking about, iOS 5.1 is out for the 3GS and even iOS 6.0 is supposed to be coming out for it. Maybe you only have a 3G?
  - riffraff 14y ago
    I'm pretty sure i have skype working on a iphone 3 non-gs, anyway.
mhurron 14y ago
> they have to maintain backwards compatibility Well, no they don't. They can drop any legacy client whenever they wish. Microsoft could even try to make it sound like they're doing a good thing by removing unmaintainable legacy stuff they inherited from Skype. Microsoft is not really required to maintain backwards compatibility with Skypes legacy stuff. It is possible they updated the Linux client for exactly this reason; update what you can, depreciate the rest for the good of everyone else.

by Paul_S 14y ago

slig 14y ago

Well, I suppose they can identify exactly what version (and machine/OS) the client is using and specifically block old PC apps if they wanted to.

fredsted 14y ago

> old version which works fine And has a bunch of security holes.

Paul_S 14y ago
Which specific ones do you mean?

baby 14y ago

I can't use Skype because I have an iPhone 3GS which doesn't have the latest iOS (available only on iPhones 4). So I don't really get your point.

beagle3 14y ago
Skype worked fine for me in Jan 2012, last time I used my iphone 3G (ios 4.2.1). Voice/chat only, of course, because of missing front camera.
- moheeb 14y ago
  Actually on Android the video chat works without a front facing camera present.
lparry 14y ago
Not sure what you're talking about, iOS 5.1 is out for the 3GS and even iOS 6.0 is supposed to be coming out for it. Maybe you only have a 3G?
- riffraff 14y ago
  I'm pretty sure i have skype working on a iphone 3 non-gs, anyway.

mhurron 14y ago

> they have to maintain backwards compatibility Well, no they don't. They can drop any legacy client whenever they wish. Microsoft could even try to make it sound like they're doing a good thing by removing unmaintainable legacy stuff they inherited from Skype. Microsoft is not really required to maintain backwards compatibility with Skypes legacy stuff. It is possible they updated the Linux client for exactly this reason; update what you can, depreciate the rest for the good of everyone else.