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Kazaa and Skype Co-founder Interviewed
karvind writes "BBC is running is an interview with Niklas Zennström, the internet entrepreneur behind both Kazaa and Skype, about how his two inventions came about, and how broadband and wireless devices are shaping his vision for the future. From the interview: "On the other hand, Skype, just like Kazaa and other software, are encouraging people to buy broadband connections.""
Spyware was added to Kazaa by Sharman after they bought the rights to it. The original Kazaa developers did not include any spyware. Get your facts straight.
teamspeak can do voice chat between platforms. But its not the same as skype.
IM:Skype::IRC:Teamspeak
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Using it behind NAT on Mac and Linux, no problems at all.
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That's part of the allure of Skype... it's easy to set up out of the box and works perfectly behind NATs.
How-to:
1. Install Skype
2. Register for account (pretty simple)
3. You're done
At least, that's been my experience with Skype on PC and Mac behind a NAT. And my NAT usually interferes with most stuff unless I do port-forwarding (which Skype doesn't need).
One thing I'd like to know is their position on spyware and why it has to be installed along with the actual program?
Err, it's not.
This wasn't Niklas idea, it was the idea of Sharman Networks.
And Skype actually doen't have spyware at all.
This has to be among the most common misunderstandings of Kazaa and this guy and it always comes up in these discussions.
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