[olug] Any Skype users?

[Kelly Williams]

What I met was even the free service I can see that they will be 
charging for that to.




On 5/10/2011 10:04 AM, T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> Are you charged to use Live services?
>
> Google makes a little money with their free services.
>
> I wouldn't be shocked to see Microsoft require the Gold Live subscribtion on
> the X-Box with the Kinect. But I can't imagine Microsoft charging for all
> Skype access.
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Kelly Williams
> <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> You will be charged to use the services. Also they probably re-brand it and
>> make it like they made it there own....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/10/2011 9:20 AM, jman at miwire.com wrote:
>>
>>>     I wonder how things are delt with if/when there are 90% skype users???
>>>     Monopoly laws to change? Microsoft the "new" 800lb gorilla.....again.
>>>
>>>     T. J. Brumfield<enderandrew at gmail.com>   wrote ..
>>>
>>> I suspect the issue many people will find, is that like Facebook, Skype
>>> benefits from having a large network of established users. And even if
>>> people aren't particularly thrilled with the product, they stick with it
>>> because everyone else uses it.
>>>
>>> Other programs are only useful is the other party you want to talk to also
>>> uses that program.
>>>
>>> Microsoft has supported more multi-platform products in recent years. And
>>> it
>>> would be a massive mistake for Skype to suddenly drop all their users who
>>> use Skype on non-Windows platforms. I suspect Microsoft will want to push
>>> Skype-Kinect integration, and Skype-Live Messenger integration, as well as
>>> Skype-Office Communicator integration for enterprise environments.
>>>
>>> But dropping users hurts the value of the network overall.
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Jon Larsen  wrote:
>>>
>>> Alternatives -
>>>> GNU Free Call / GNU Telephony http://www.gnutelephony.org
>>>>
>>>> Ekiga https://www.ekiga.net/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 9 May 2011, Kevin D. Snodgrass wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 20:38:11 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>> From: Kevin D. Snodgrass
>>>>> Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group
>>>>> To: OLUG
>>>>> Subject: [olug] Any Skype users?
>>>>>
>>>>>   >   Microsoft Near Deal to Acquire Skype
>>>>>
>>>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703730804576313932659388852.htm
>>>>
>>> l?mod=WSJ_newsreel_business
>>>
>>>>> Kevin D. Snodgrass
>>>>>
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