On 07/01/2020 13:37, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 07/01/2020 16.08, Anton Aylward wrote:
I wonder ...
To many, the term 'skype' or 'to skype' entered into the vocabulary as a new word just like 'to google' means to research online'. "To skype" meant to make a videocall; yes Skype the product was the primary tool for that but not the sole one. It was, however the one that we were most sure of the other party having.
A bit more than a decade ago it was the most popular voice application. It started to decline when bought by Microsoft.
I agree there. It makes one wonder how many good products were killed off or damaged by being bought out by Microsoft or Apple. I recall the experience of a graphics package (not enough coffee yet to recall its name) which I'd used extensively. Then bought by M$, killed as a separate product and 'integrated' into MS-Word. of course non of my work now rendered correctly. All wasted, all junked or all demanding heavy rework. I'd been casually using Linux in text mode: email, development, the sort of thing I'd been working on with UNIX before, but this encouraged me to pursue the then not very good X11 on Linux. I don't recall why I never followed up on BSD-86. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org