Microsoft To Can Skype API; Third-Party Products Will Not Work

Mark Gibbs writes "If you've recently fired up Skype you may have noticed a dialog box with a warning appear briefly (at least on OS X) then vanish. If you're fast enough to catch it you'll find that it's warning you that some application you're using that works with Skype will stop working in December, 2013. This applies to all sorts of software supporting headsets, cameras, ... you name it."

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Re:What will we do ?

[mrchaotica]

I know the alternatives and many colleagues will say "lets move to [proprietary crap] as it always works better" , some still use [proprietary crap] as it is better in low bandwidth countries (if you are going to the Philippines, get a [proprietary crap] account) or some other provider like [proprietary crap]. I try to encourage my hard core colleagues to use [proprietary crap] as it is more secure (only 4 do) BUT the reality is that more than 95% of the people that I work with, who are all computer literate, want to stay with [proprietary crap] because it is what they know and are happy with.

Dude, seriously, just get an app that supports XMPP and Jingle.