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As linux user I cannot be anything but glad to see skype developers a little bit pwnd. What is wrong with skype? They detain the monopoly on VoIP and yet they h
by crocowhile 17y ago
As linux user I cannot be anything but glad to see skype developers a little bit pwnd. What is wrong with skype? They detain the monopoly on VoIP and yet they have not been able to keep up with the development of the program in years, now. It seems it is all about selling headphones on the website.
I think the linux version is something like 2 years old now.
- listic 17y agoI think it's actually not the Skype who got pwnd. It's a company named Yealink who make phones that work with Skype. If he pwnd Skype, that would be bigger news.
- laut 17y agoThey don't have a monopoly. You are free to use other VoIP apps or create your own.
- soult 17y agoAccording to Wikipedia, a monopoly "exists when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significantly the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it.". Given Skype's market share (not Voip in general, but free worldwide voip calls), I would say they do have a monopoly.
- riffic 17y agothey run a service with a significant market share, proprietary protocol and client, and no interoperability with any other standards-compliant service. You are free to not call them a monopoly.