Subj : Re: Microsoft retiring Skype after 20 years
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : digimaus
Date : Tue Mar 04 2025 19:40:38

-=> Kurt Weiske wrote to digimaus <=-

 KW> I wonder how much of the core of Skype - both developers and code -
 KW> went into Teams? I remember at one point they called their corporate
 KW> product "Skype for Business", but they were completely different
 KW> code bases - then, Lync, now Teams. Teams, IMO, went from being utter
 KW> crap to eminently usable, and customary, now compete with the market as
 KW> "usable and already paid for" going up against premium, paid products
 KW> like Slack.

I'm sure they "recycled" as much as they could from the Skype project into
the Teams project.

 KW> I haven't heard of anyone using Discord in corporate America, I know
 KW> they were trying to get a toe-hold in there.

I haven't either.  Discord is really just an advanced form of IRC from what I
understand.  I use Discord a lot but I still prefer IRC.

-- Sean

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