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LightStar
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Microsoft is Killing Off Skype in May 2025

Oh well...

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March 7, 2025 1:54:43 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

Microsoft is shutting down Skype, the internet-based phone and video service that was once the dominant way of staying connected in the mid 2000s. Check out the External Link above...

But others and I have been checking out similar products and the best one found is Signal, go ahead and check it out: Signal >> Download Signal

It is quite similar to Skype and you can send files up to 100MB.

 

Enjoy!

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Join Date 04/2002
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Reply #1 March 7, 2025 4:27:18 PM
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The writing was on the wall once MS put Teams on the market. They bought Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion...but later they stopped developing it...beyond me, honestly as Teams isn't very convenient to use.

Oh well, who understands MS?

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Reply #2 March 10, 2025 6:10:51 PM
from Galactic Civilizations IV ForumsGalactic Civilizations IV Forums

Peetah, I need your help with this : r ...

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3java3
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Reply #3 March 10, 2025 10:56:56 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

Did they reverse engineer Skype, and then developed the Teams mistakenware?  OR was Teams a tweaked version of Skype with a different UI? 

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Reply #4 March 11, 2025 12:05:44 AM
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Quoting 3java3,
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Did they reverse engineer Skype, and then developed the Teams mistakenware?  OR was Teams a tweaked version of Skype with a different UI? 

Teams was developed as part of Microsoft 365, and Skype was left to wither. The Wikipedia has the whole story.

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Frogboy
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Reply #5 April 11, 2025 10:02:41 PM
from Sins of a Solar Empire II ForumsSins of a Solar Empire II Forums

This...kind of makes me sad.

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Jafo
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Reply #6 April 12, 2025 1:59:08 AM
from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

All the communication proggies we have used over the decades ... all gone [or going].

Next step is I'll get a message "Teams will soon not be able to be used on Windows 7 machines.  Please purchase a new computer to run Windows 11".

Fuck that.... I have them beat [almost].  I run Windows 10 Pro 64 in a VM on my Windows 7 Ult 64 machine...

Up their nose with a rubber hose, I say ...

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Reply #7 April 12, 2025 2:29:00 AM
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Quoting Jafo,
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Up their nose with a rubber hose, I say ...

An "up" and coming GI man.   

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