Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 19:54 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Internet & Networking 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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RE[2]: I don't get your whining
by RshPL on Wed 4th Nov 2009 14:14 UTC in reply to "RE: I don't get your whining"
RshPL
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2009-03-13

I suppose my comment wasn't geared towards the article itself but rather the general flavour of comments under this article. I'm all for free/(open source) software and I prefer it to any closed software when it delivers the functionality I need (none delivers the functionality of Skype), but reading through comments under this news one could gather what a terrible piece of software the Linux Skype client is, while I think it doesn't do much justice to it.

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WereCatf Member since:
2006-02-15

If it were a stand-alone piece of software then it would be ok, I suppose, but in reality it's also available for OSX and Windows. Compared to those "other Skypes" it's just plain horrible. It's a sad thing when a product must compete against itself and fails.

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