Skype

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News

  • 2025/02/28 14:00 Etc/UTC [L..T] On May 5, Microsoft's Skype will shut down for good «After more than 21 years, Skype will soon be no more. Last night, some users (including Ars readers) poked around in the latest Skype preview update and noticed as-yet-unsurfaced text that read "Starting in May, Skype will no longer be available. Continue your calls and chats in Teams." [/] This morning, Microsoft has confirmed to Ars that it's true. May 5, 2025 will mark the end of Skype's long run.»
  • 2025/02/28 14:00 Etc/UTC [L..T] Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams «It's the end of an era. Microsoft is shutting down Skype in May and replacing it with the free version of Microsoft Teams for consumers. Existing Skype users will be able to log in to the Microsoft Teams app and have their message history, group chats, and contacts all automatically available without having to create another account, or they can choose to export their data instead. Microsoft is also phasing out support for calling domestic or international numbers.»
  • 2025/02/28 14:00 Etc/UTC [L..T] Skype to Shut 14 Years After Microsoft's $8.5 Billion Purchase «Microsoft Corp. is signaling the end of the line for Skype, the iconic internet calling and chat service it bought almost 14 years ago. [/] Once a byword for digital calls that bypassed long-distance charges, Skype was surpassed in recent years by smartphone-native communication apps and Zoom video calls. When Microsoft tried to stretch the Skype brand into the workplace, it lost out to Slack Technologies Inc. [/] Microsoft's response was to start from scratch and build Teams, a chat, voice and video communication service for the workplace, which gained ground as part of its software bundle.»

Obsolete information

This information was true as of 2007, but is probably no longer applicable (especially since Microsoft purchased Skype):

  • based in Europe, but available in U.S.
  • dial-in phone numbers cost €30/year or €10/quarter
  • no fixed monthly rate for dial-out ability; pay only for minutes used
  • conferencing & group tools
  • recently went over to the dark side by partnering with Intel to provide better service on PCs using Intel's chips [1] [2] (2006-03-11 A hacker has now released a patch to defeat this limitation: slashdot)
  • additional evilness: one user reports that if you install a button on your site from http://www.skype.com/share/buttons/, the code includes Javascript that detects whether each visitor to your site has skype installed; if not, it spawns a popup window telling them to download it. This fact is not disclosed on the buttons page.

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