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Don McKenzie said:
no Don, dont worry...
main idea from MS is to overtake that slice of pie that Skype is taking in
front of MS nose...
Skype have around 20-25 MILLIONS of daily users...and more then 50 millions
of users that are logging on within 24 hours....total number of Skype users
are aprox 5 to 10 times more then that...
now, what was the actual point of buying them....simple; by buying
Skype...they did literally buy aprox 300 millions of people who will be
"annoyed" with advertisements by Microsoft now, since all of such
applications are invaded with tons of pop ups and little advertising
banners, like; "buy your Win7 licence NOW" (btw, what does Win "licence"
even means?!?!never heard in my vocabulary
) )...beside that...rest ofcredits and payment income from traffic will go to MS as well...and 3rd
thing is implementing Skype into Windows OS as default alternative to their
MSN...
MS is very probably very aware that "converting" heterosexuals to become a
gay over night is mission impossible...so as converting Skype users to MSN
users...but they will probably try to put some restrictions and alternative
will became MSN...finally...everyone will use MSN....or Skype will remain as
Skype but will be trashed with MS certifications, payment methods,
prices..etc..etc...
however...dont be desperate...there is ALWAYS alternative to Skype as
well...you can use with pretty much the same interface so called Trillian
application client that is even compatible with Skype friend lists...not
sure about that...but i remember long time ago i was doing some
synchronizing...blah,blah...not sure..have to test it...
http://www.trillian.im/
and there is also a bit fensy look of Yahoo Messenger
http://messenger.yahoo.com/ that is also able to to operate as IP phone so
as normal voice chat client....and chat /web cam as well, sending
SMS...etc.....i liked it a lot long time ago....but skype is
skype....ultimate one
finally...if all goes wrong...you can always put some dipole and take out
some 100W radio out of your basement or attic and heat it up
)well..maybe even wired cans can be solution if the distance is not to
long....but to be sure you can use one of oldest methods to communicate;
smoke signals or even better; "pigeons"
)
