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Maybe not 'news', but interesting since some of the founders of Kazaa also started Skype. I can understand their morale at first: "Skype wouldn't share any info

by jrnkntl 13y ago

Maybe not 'news', but interesting since some of the founders of Kazaa also started Skype. I can understand their morale at first: "Skype wouldn't share any information at first with the agencies, but since it's owned by Microsoft they have full access"

mtrimpe 13y ago
I think you meant "since it's owned by Microsoft". Also, if anyone is wondering, this article is actually from one of the most respectable Dutch newspapers.
- vanderZwan 13y ago
  > Also, if anyone is wondering, this article is actually from one of the most respectable Dutch newspapers. Not quite. The NRC is one of the most respectable newspapers, yes. It is however citing another newspaper, the Telegraaf, which is not quite as respectable. That said, they probably wouldn't publish this unless they were somewhat confident about the story.
  - mtrimpe 13y ago
    Seriously? I missed that part. That's cheeky...
- tlarkworthy 13y ago
  Also the Dutch are the really tall ones
- jrnkntl 13y ago
  Correct, thanks.
- jrnkntl 13y ago
  But the "most respectable" newspaper quotes in this article the least respectable one.
- mtts 13y ago
  > Also, if anyone is wondering, this article is actually from one of the most respectable Dutch newspapers. Nope, it isn't. It is from the website of what used to be a respectable newspaper, which is in fact run independently from the newspaper itself. And, as has been mentioned elsewhere, all this article is doing is quoting from a highly disrespectable tabloid. Nothing respectable about this report at all (though it's probably not untrue either).
chmars 13y ago
Source?
- jrnkntl 13y ago
  The article. As per founders of Kazaa (and subseq. Skype): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Friis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Friis and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Zennstr%C3%B6m http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Zennstr%C3%B6m
  - chmars 13y ago
    Thanks. A was looking for a quote while you probably referred to the following paragraph: 'Skype wilde volgens de agent jarenlang geen inzage geven, maar sinds het eigendom is van Microsoft zou alles worden gedeeld zoals ook bij Google en Facebook het geval is. De topmannen van die laatste twee bedrijven stelden zaterdag nog niet op de hoogte te zijn van het internet-afluisterprogramma.'

by jrnkntl 13y ago

mtrimpe 13y ago

I think you meant "since it's owned by Microsoft". Also, if anyone is wondering, this article is actually from one of the most respectable Dutch newspapers.

vanderZwan 13y ago
> Also, if anyone is wondering, this article is actually from one of the most respectable Dutch newspapers. Not quite. The NRC is one of the most respectable newspapers, yes. It is however citing another newspaper, the Telegraaf, which is not quite as respectable. That said, they probably wouldn't publish this unless they were somewhat confident about the story.
- mtrimpe 13y ago
  Seriously? I missed that part. That's cheeky...
tlarkworthy 13y ago
Also the Dutch are the really tall ones
jrnkntl 13y ago
Correct, thanks.
jrnkntl 13y ago
But the "most respectable" newspaper quotes in this article the least respectable one.
mtts 13y ago
> Also, if anyone is wondering, this article is actually from one of the most respectable Dutch newspapers. Nope, it isn't. It is from the website of what used to be a respectable newspaper, which is in fact run independently from the newspaper itself. And, as has been mentioned elsewhere, all this article is doing is quoting from a highly disrespectable tabloid. Nothing respectable about this report at all (though it's probably not untrue either).

chmars 13y ago

Source?

jrnkntl 13y ago
The article. As per founders of Kazaa (and subseq. Skype): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Friis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Friis and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Zennstr%C3%B6m http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Zennstr%C3%B6m
- chmars 13y ago
  Thanks. A was looking for a quote while you probably referred to the following paragraph: 'Skype wilde volgens de agent jarenlang geen inzage geven, maar sinds het eigendom is van Microsoft zou alles worden gedeeld zoals ook bij Google en Facebook het geval is. De topmannen van die laatste twee bedrijven stelden zaterdag nog niet op de hoogte te zijn van het internet-afluisterprogramma.'