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minus-squareEmpricornlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoWhat? Skype was waay better than Teams! It only started turning into dogshit when Microsoft acquired it. **Edit: Skype, not “Skype For Business”, as others pointed out.
minus-squarefrazorth@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-23 months agoSkype for Business was not Skype. It was the rebranded Office Communicator, which Microsoft started calling Skype for Business after acquiring Skype. It was basically a bad clone of MSN Messenger.
minus-squarefrazorth@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoNo problem, I’m not surprised that you blocked that train wreck from your memory.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months ago It only started turning into dogshit when Microsoft acquired it. You mean in 2011?
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoSkype was only good for its time. Compared to Teams now, it is sorely lacking
minus-squareEmpricornlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoImagine if it had actively been developed this whole time rather than snatched up and shuttered to further anti-competitive practices…
minus-squarekwirky@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoSkype for Business was really Microsoft Lync with a new name and had little in common with the “true” Skype.
What? Skype was waay better than Teams! It only started turning into dogshit when Microsoft acquired it.
**Edit: Skype, not “Skype For Business”, as others pointed out.
Skype for Business was not Skype. It was the rebranded Office Communicator, which Microsoft started calling Skype for Business after acquiring Skype.
It was basically a bad clone of MSN Messenger.
Yep, you’re right. I remember now.
No problem, I’m not surprised that you blocked that train wreck from your memory.
You mean in 2011?
Skype was only good for its time.
Compared to Teams now, it is sorely lacking
Imagine if it had actively been developed this whole time rather than snatched up and shuttered to further anti-competitive practices…
Skype for Business was really Microsoft Lync with a new name and had little in common with the “true” Skype.
I had forgotten this!