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Skype VoIP Software Released For Linux
pmf writes "Skype Technologies has just released a free beta version of their software for Linux. Skype is well known P2P VoIP technology that, according to them: '...is addressing all the problems of legacy VoIP solutions: bad sound quality, difficult to set up and configure, and the need for expensive, centralized infrastructure.'"
Difficult setting up and configuring things is part of the fun! It's not a real install unless you need to do a Google search for something.
Another thing the Linux platform has thus been missing: Spyware.
I highly doubt that the guys who made Kazaa have taken some great leap into the world of moral business. Bastards.
In related news, the baby bells have tapped the RIAA for their team of lawyers to start tracking down individuals that are using their communication networks and are not paying access fees like other phone companies do to operate over their lines. Then they will sue them until everyone gives up computers and goes back to taking the needle of the record so they can ring up the operator for the klondike 5 number of their friend down the street. I can't wait.
The preceding message was based on actual events. Only the names, locations and events have been changed.
how long before we get skype lite and skype lite resurrection
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I like Skype, I just wish my girlfriend didn't sound like a robot half the time.
paul reinheimer
What a great business plan.
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Just below the level of audibility, you get a breathy feminine voice telling you she "digs geeks who buy
Media-shifted Spam. My bleeding ears.
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For me, Skype is one of the last products that's keeping me tied to an XP box.
I wish I were given a dollar every time someone said "Now I can use Linux always. No - really. I mean it this time. Not like the last 15 times I said it. This time I really truly swear! This is it! The real thing, man. No joke. w00t! Stop looking at me like that. I know, I know. I've said this so many times before. But you have no idea, this is the real deal."
I'd be a rich man.
Moderators - do your thing. Flamebait, Troll, whatever... but you know I'm right.
Nooooobody expects spyware! Our chief weapon is surprise. Surprise, and Internet Explorer exploits... Exploits and surprise. Our two weapons are surprise and Internet Explorer exploits... and uncaring users.. . Our *three* weapons are surprise, IE exploits, and uncaring users... and an almost fanatical devotion to an annoyance-marketing based business model. Our *four*... no... *Amongst* our weapons... Amongst our *weaponry*, are such elements as surprise, IE exploits... I'll come in again.
I can see the argument now.
End User: What the fsck is this Adware doing on my computer?!
Skype: We needed funding to add new features and/or improve the technical performance of the software. In order to get this funding, we included Adware into the software. Perfectly legit by the EULA's terms.
The stupidity of your average American is just about the same as the average European, we simply show it off better.
So my girlfriend will finally sound stable when I talk to her via this software on Linux? Sweet!
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Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as surprise, IE exploits, uncaring users and an almost fanatical devotion to an annoyance-marketing based business model. And nice bulk emailers, OH DAMN!
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