[ubuntu-uk] End of Skype on Linux?

Hakan Koseoglu hakan at koseoglu.org
Tue May 10 13:51:55 UTC 2011


On 10 May 2011 14:09, Tyler J. Wagner <tyler at tolaris.com> wrote:
> Because publicly-traded companies don't do that to profitable companies
> with valuable technology. It doesn't increase shareholder value.
Skype is $600+ million in debt and and last year lost $7m more. I
wouldn't call that profitable.

Even though it works reasonably well, Linux Skype client is lagging
Windows and hardly gets regular updates. An MS ownership will
definitely be the last nail in the coffin.
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