From the «can ya hear me now» department:
Title: Microsoft is shutting down Skype after over two decades
Author: Johana Bhuiyan and agencies
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:39:37 +0000
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/28/microsoft-skype Podcast Download URL: https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/056653473cc84596a0ca6f8af822555a8a441b8f/0_175_5000_3001/master/5000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=de2a161763f62132be2326f2d6ce3eac

Internet calling service that disrupted landline industry to close in May as tech giant says it will focus on Teams

Skype[1] will ring for the last time on 5 May as owner Microsoft[2] retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders.

Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying its communication offerings, the office software giant said on Friday.
Continue reading...[3]

Links:
[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/skype (link)
[2]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/microsoft (link)
[3]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/28/microsoft-skype (link)

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Retrograde wrote:

Internet calling service that disrupted landline industry to
close in May as tech giant says it will focus on Teams

Skype[1] will ring for the last time on 5 May as owner
Microsoft[2] retires the two-decade-old internet calling
service that redefined how people connect across borders.

Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown
Teams service by simplifying its communication offerings, the
office software giant said on Friday.

I hate Teams!

We uninstalled it from our work laptops/PC's and we use Zoom
instead for meetings. If it ain't broke....

I haven't used Skype for years.

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On Sun, 2 Mar 2025, Blueshirt wrote:

Retrograde wrote:

Internet calling service that disrupted landline industry to
close in May as tech giant says it will focus on Teams

Skype[1] will ring for the last time on 5 May as owner
Microsoft[2] retires the two-decade-old internet calling
service that redefined how people connect across borders.

Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown
Teams service by simplifying its communication offerings, the
office software giant said on Friday.

I hate Teams!

We uninstalled it from our work laptops/PC's and we use Zoom
instead for meetings. If it ain't broke....

I haven't used Skype for years.

Sad... I had an acquaintance who worked for skype researching novel ways
to compress sound.

When they were acquired by microsoft, the Seattle boys called the shots,
and they rejected his research in favour of something Microsoft developed
that was very shitty.

He got angry, quit, and started to work at Google a couple of weeks later.
They very much enjoyed his research on audio compression, and he is still there.

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When they were acquired by microsoft, the Seattle boys called the shots,
and they rejected his research in favour of something Microsoft developed that was very shitty.

He got angry, quit, and started to work at Google a couple of weeks later. They very much enjoyed his research on audio compression, and he is still there.

That sounds pretty typical for Microsoft, actually.

Really wish all these tech monopolies would go pound sand.

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Retrograde wrote:
From the «can ya hear me now» department:
Title: Microsoft is shutting down Skype after over two decades
Author: Johana Bhuiyan and agencies
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:39:37 +0000
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/28/microsoft-skype Podcast Download URL: https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/056653473cc84596a0ca6f8af822555a8a441b8f/0_175_5000_3001/master/5000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=de2a161763f62132be2326f2d6ce3eac

Internet calling service that disrupted landline industry to close in May as tech giant says it will focus on Teams

Skype[1] will ring for the last time on 5 May as owner Microsoft[2] retires the
two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders.

Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown Teams service by
simplifying its communication offerings, the office software giant said on Friday.
Continue reading...[3]

Links:
[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/skype (link)
[2]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/microsoft (link)
[3]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/28/microsoft-skype (link)

Is it possible to download old past chats, media, etc before they close?

Any alternatives to the voice calling they provided?


This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=684799475#684799475

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On Sun, 2 Mar 2025, Retrograde wrote:

When they were acquired by microsoft, the Seattle boys called the shots,
and they rejected his research in favour of something Microsoft developed
that was very shitty.

He got angry, quit, and started to work at Google a couple of weeks later. >> They very much enjoyed his research on audio compression, and he is still
there.

That sounds pretty typical for Microsoft, actually.

Really wish all these tech monopolies would go pound sand.

Yes! You are a wise man! Microsoft is the master of enshittification! =( Fortunately I haven't touched a non-webbased microsoft product for ages!
=D

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