Submitted 1 year ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-killing-skype/
- Skype is finally being shut down by Microsoft in May.
- Users are encouraged to switch to using Teams for calls and chats.
- Microsoft has been transitioning away from Skype towards Teams pretty much since Teams was introduced.
That’s gonna suck for CERN
Some nostalgia: Skype Ringtone
I’m instantly 20 years younger when I hear that sound.
I was more surprised that they kept Skype around that long.
They missed a huge window during COVID to be THE meeting tool/app by not adapting, and never recovered. Good riddance, I say.
Adapt how? I don’t recall Skype being any more popular then vs now.
whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
I remember at one point a company i worked for had Lync messenger - M$‘s corporate messenger. Then, when they bought skype it went through a whole rebrand to Skype business, but the process still showed up as lync.exe in the task manager.
lud@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I suspect renaming the process itself was deemed an unnecessary risk, which I would agree with. Even if I agree that it looks stupid.