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ofaurax.free.fr - 30 days ago
Skype Open Source « in the nearest future »
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Lorsque le dernier Skype est sorti, il n'y avait pas de RPM Mandriva et j'ai donc contacté Skype pour essayer d'obtenir un RPM spécifique à Mandriva comme ils l'ont déjà proposé par le passé. When the last Skype has been released, there was no RPM for Mandriva and I contacted Skype ...
Exclusive: Google Has Acquired Gizmo5
techcrunch.com - 23 days ago
Exclusive: Google Has Acquired Gizmo5
— techcrunch.com — Last month Skype was in talks to acquire VoIP startup Gizmo5 . It was a perfect backup... plan in case all that IP litigation didn’t work out. – Gizmo5’s SIP infrastructure could theoretically replace Skype’s proprietary P2P ... (more) Exclusive: Google Has Acquired Gizmo5

Comments vote down The Next Web found this 23 days agofound this
share.skype.com - 30 days ago
Skype open source
— share.skype.com — Hopefully this will make headless Skype on Linux possible. This has been too long in development on... your end. It seriously limits how Skype is used, especially on the chat front. Without at least a headless client and later on server API's, it's ... (more) Skype open source

Comments vote down GigaOM Network found this 30 days agofound this
Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10%
techcrunch.com - 26 days ago
Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10%
— techcrunch.com — eBay has just announced that it has reached a settlement with the founders of Skype , clearing... the way for the sale of the Internet communication company to a consortium formed by private equity firm Silver Lake Partners , Andreessen Horowitz and ... (more) Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, ...

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GigaOM Network:  Skype For Linux Going (Almost) Open Source [GigaOM]

Mashable!:  Skype For Linux Is Opening Up

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Skype For Linux Going (Almost) Open Source [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... Digg and Slashdot were abuzz earlier this morning with the news that Skype was going to go open source. The buzz was based on a post on a French blog by Olivier Faurax. The news is true and false at the same time. “It is our intention to make Skype for Linux an open source app in the near future and make the UI source code available to the community at large. This should help to speed up the development process and enhance support for the myriad of Linux distros,” a spokesperson told us. ...

Skype For Linux Is Opening Up
Mashable! — ... Recently, there have been some rumors swirling around about Skype becoming open source (for Linux), originating with a French blog. ...

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