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Skype Founder Interviewed On Engadget
prostoalex writes "Niklas Zennström, the ever-elusive CEO of Skype, is interviewed by Engadget. Turns out Skype currently has more than 13 mln users in 200+ countries. The interview also discusses the future of Skype and VOIP applications in general."
Hopefully, on day, someone will devise a plan that puts a number of radio antennas spaced every few miles across populated areas. The area covered by each antenna could be called a "cell". Each would be connected back to a single operator of some sort, tying them all together.
With this antenna infrastructure in place, maybe we can then possibly have phones that make use of these antennas. We could call them "cellular phones", meaning that they are of the antenna cells.
The operator of the antenna infrastructure could then link their network with the local baby-bell's network, allowing user's of these radical new "cellular phones" to talk to people who have existing land lines.
I can't wait until someone implements this idea. I think it's be pretty spiffy to be able to carry a phone with me that I can use most anywhere, any time.
Imagine, being able to talk to someone on the phone while out at the movies! Or while driving! The future holds such promise!
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
EG: Hi Hello? ...and now is that better? /. I could go on but you get the idea.
CEO:Anyone there?
EG: Can you hear me?
CEO: Yes I hear you loud and clear!
EG: Great! So this is the first Voip app that "Just Works"?
CEO: What? Can you repeat that.
EG: I SAID THIS IS THE FIRST VOIP APP THAT "JUST WORKS"
CEO: Nope. Didn't get that try adjusting your mic.
EG: MMMmm ok, do you hear me now?
CEO: OOoh yeah thats nice and clear but getting a little echo, try turning down the speakers a little.
EG: Righty ho
CEO: I said try turning down your speakers.. ok thats good.
EG: OK, the great thing about Skype is that it "just works" right?
CEO: Yes.
EG: Do you think that Voip and Skype especially will be bext big thing after P2P?
CEO: Yeah! Thats absolutely right Skype is the BEST in tech thats so easy to use your grandma can use it.
EG: Err OK? Do you include any spyware or malware in Skype?
CEO: You Bet! Skype will be on every platform from windows to hand held pcs. There's just no excuse anymore even linux users can join the fun.
EG: Rigghht. So you're sure you'll be a success?
CEO: What! No way! We would never do anything like that ever!
Hey
How did we get some wierd sort of n-dimensional internet capable of several times it's own capacity! ? And is there a RealLife version of this that'd let me only show up for 2 hours per workday?