On 05/10/11 08:42, Roger wrote: > On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 15:49 -0700, JD wrote: >> On 05/10/11 15:32, Konstantinos Karantias wrote: >>> Am I the only believing that they will just make the development for >>> Linux slower and will not cease it at all? I don't think they are that >>> bad. >>> >>> If they did such a thing, Skype would lose its Linux users. And, AFAIK >>> they're some. >>> > Funny how no one is mentioning the massive database of names, addresses, > call records and user preferences, etc, etc,etc MS are purchasing. > Wouldn't this be worth more than user likes or dislikes. > Remember nothing in life is free it all has some strings attached and I > believe user tracking is usually attached to most "free" internet > things. > > The only problem with Ekiga and similar solutions is that everyone you > know also has to install it and most skype users won't change. > Roger > You responded to my post, but you did not include in your replay a quote of what I said :) While it is true that "most" skype users will not change, since so called "most" users are windows users, not Linux users, even dual Windows and Linux Users, like myself. I was merely prognosticating that MS will not continue to support Linux because, as I showed by what I was able to glean from the web, MS is hostile to Open Source in general, and to Linux in particular; blaming it for their loss of some market share in the server market. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
