Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 19:54 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
We waited a little while with this news, because we wanted official confirmation from Skype before jumping on the internet bandwagon. It's official now, so here we go: Skype has announced that it will release its Linux client as open source. A little late, but welcome nonetheless.
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2008-02-26
Why not open the protocol so that we also do the porting for them?
IMO, they are stupid because of one or more of the following reasons.
1- Their protocol is easily exploitable and they know it but do not want to fix it.
2- Some of their code is patented or stolen from some third party and they don't want to pay for a license and now for the violation as well.
3- They don't want to make money.
All the money Skype makes is from their accounts. Open clients that work on any platform means more users/use ie. more money. Why do they hate money so much?