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Does Skype Have a Future on Linux?

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If the steadily growing user base and market share of Skype are any indication, the service, which is now nearly a decade old, will remain widespread on PCs, smartphones and other devices for a long time to come. But for Linux users, the future of Skype support is appearing a bit less certain. Will Skype still run on open source platforms five years from now? Here are some thoughts.

If the steadily growing user base and market share of Skype are any indication, the service, which is now nearly a decade old, will remain widespread on PCs, smartphones and other devices for a long time to come. But for Linux users, the future of Skype support is appearing a bit less certain. Will Skype still run on open source platforms five years from now? Here are some thoughts.

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Comments (14)

amadensor ·
Just wondering. Perhaps it is a look at what the figure looks like in the future...
gus3 ·
It's a portmanteau of "fugue" and "future".

Something coming that is recognizable in its similarity, designed to fit well with the original, but clearly not identical.
Bob_Robertson ·
I finished a course on Bach and the High Baroque recently, I sure hope it's a fugue.
ComputerBob ·
Never attribute to creativity that which is clearly a simple typo.

future + a slip of the left index finger = fugure
gus3 ·
@ComputerBob, I'd sooner attribute that kind of mistake to Microsoft. Clearly, Windows is a massive typo.
Scott_Ruecker ·
I fixed the title..sorry about that.
gus3 ·
Awww. Leave it to Scott to spoil the fun.

;-)
caitlyn ·
Yeah, Scott, how can we poke fun at something that isn't there?

I still remember what a certain Microsoft spell checker did to "Pentium" when those processors first came out.
BernardSwiss ·
Well, my spell-checker still claims "Myhrvold" is properly spelled "Voldemort" (and I'm not sure it's wrong).
Bob_Robertson ·
"how can we poke fun at something that isn't there?"

I'm certain that _something_ could be invented very, very easily.

Chemtrails are destroying my HD! Haarp is interfering with my wifi! IPv6 is a conspiracy!
Scott_Ruecker ·
For my part I think M$ has a very bright fugure..;-)
tuxchick ·
Quoting: Well, my spell-checker still claims "Myhrvold" is properly spelled "Voldemort"


That's a fine spell-checker!
caitlyn ·
Quoting:That's a fine spell-checker!
I agree. It's amazing it fugured that out.

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