From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 12 11:18:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 073EF106566B for ; Thu, 12 May 2011 11:18:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-yi0-f54.google.com (mail-yi0-f54.google.com [209.85.218.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B247B8FC13 for ; Thu, 12 May 2011 11:18:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yie12 with SMTP id 12so590282yie.13 for ; Thu, 12 May 2011 04:18:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.183.231 with SMTP id q67mr40690yhm.286.1305199137727; Thu, 12 May 2011 04:18:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (twdp-174-109-142-001.nc.res.rr.com [174.109.142.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm530305yhl.19.2011.05.12.04.18.54 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 12 May 2011 04:18:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3QVWzK4ncxz2CG5G for ; Thu, 12 May 2011 07:18:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 07:18:52 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110512071852.1b73e9d8@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20110512002007.GA2321@thought.org> References: <20110512002007.GA2321@thought.org> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Skyip? question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 11:18:59 -0000 On Wed, 11 May 2011 17:20:10 -0700 Gary Kline articulated: > What does the list think of XBill's buyout of Skype? Gary, if you want to get your fill of FUD on this issue, I would strongly recommended that you visit the "Slashdot" site. It has been filled with bull-shit on this subject for days now. Personally, it reminds me of a football coach's reply to a reporter a few years ago. There were three teams left in the playoffs and the coach's team was to play the winner. The reporter asked the coach how he planned to handle the situation. He replied, that he was going home, sit in his recliner with a beer and watch the games on TV. Once the outcome of the games had been decided and his opponent revealed, he would answer the reporter's question. Personally, I believe the buyout is a plus. Microsoft intends, at least from press releases released so far, to incorporate Skype into XBox and Outlook for starters. It will undoubtedly make the use of Skype far easier on Microsoft's operating system. I have yet to see the downside of the deal. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies, ignored or reported as Spam. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________