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From: Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Skype now will only work with pulseaudio?
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 05:18:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2109CE17-8A2E-4CB9-9BB2-71D2458C01D5@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201406221753.42148.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>


On Sun, 22 June 2014, at 5:53 pm, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> … without audio skype would lose its core functionality 
> - i.e. making voice calls?  I guess someone may only use it for IM chat, but 
> that I would think is an edge use case.  Most people I know would use it for 
> voice and perhaps video calls.

Microsoft migrated their entire IM network - MSN Messenger - to Skype. 

These users now have no choice but to use Skype for their text-only instant messaging - either that, or migrate to a different network again, but their friends are all on this one.

Stroller.



      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-06-27  4:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-22 16:53 [gentoo-user] Skype now will only work with pulseaudio? Mick
2014-06-22 20:51 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-06-23 14:10   ` Mick
2014-06-22 21:55 ` Rich Freeman
2014-06-23 14:24   ` luis jure
2014-06-23 18:55     ` covici
2014-06-23  2:32 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2014-06-23 14:18   ` Mick
2014-06-27  4:18 ` Stroller [this message]

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