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Skype Crashes and Burns In Worldwide Outage

Posted by samzenpus on from the going-down dept.

Stoobalou writes "VoIP and instant messaging service Skype has disappeared from the Internet, nary a fortnight after Microsoft snaffled up the outfit in a $8.5 billion deal."

2 of 347 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Is everybody really that stupid? by poetmatt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    then who made the decision regarding asterisk? Hint: Microsoft. It doesn't take months or years for them to make heavy-handed management decisions that impact the company negatively.

  2. Re:Hotmail all over again by hjf · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I was modded down, so here is my comment again:

    OK, I'm going to play the "CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION" card, that Slashdot fans like to use all the time.

    If I get modded down, you will see how hypocrite slashdotters are.

    And, also, here is a link for you, memory-challenged fanboy (gee, it wasn't even 6 months ago and we already forgot about it?)
    http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/23/0415203/Skype-Outage-Hits-Users-Worldwide [slashdot.org]

    I'm not in the mood to google more "skype outages" for you. Do your own homework.