No support for RT, talk about kicking somebody while they are down...
Microsoft shoehorns Skype into Outlook.com - we quickly kick the tyres
Microsoft has slotted voice-chat app Skype into Outlook.com, melding email and telephony into a single platform - which almost works smoothly. The functionality comes with a browser plugin, and makes video and voice calling as simple as sending an email, aping Google's Hangout platform but with Skype's infrastructure. Outlook …
-
This post has been deleted by its author
-
Tuesday 20th August 2013 14:26 GMT Phil W
Re: "one has to wonder"
As I understand it this can sort of be done already, by having some on premises Lync servers, connected to Office 365 externally and a SIP-PSTN gateway internally.
Though why you would do that rather than doing a full Lync on-premises deployment with a SIP-PSTN gateway I'm not sure.
Cost difference perhaps.
-
Tuesday 20th August 2013 15:05 GMT Richard 22
Re: "one has to wonder"
I think the Skype brand is probably too strong to kill for a while at least. Skyping someone is pretty much in common parlance now among non-tech types wanting to keep in touch with their children/grandchildren - remove the brand and you'd end up with a lot of confused Grannies.
-
Wednesday 21st August 2013 16:48 GMT Al Jones
Re: "one has to wonder"
Confusing Grannies doesn't seem to be a problem for Microsoft, if you believe some of the comments about Windows 8.
Microsoft often seems to make commercial decisions that leave observers scratching their heads, so Skype's strong brand recognition isn't a guarantee of anything!
-
-
-
-
-
-
Friday 23rd August 2013 13:36 GMT Levente Szileszky
Re: You might as well complain that Microsoft isn't support Windows 98 either...
Ah I see, so RT is the new Win98? Or IE10 is?
FYI it's nothing else but the end result of the Ballmerian uber-incompetence, nothing else. As I'm saying for years now: BALLMER MUST GO ASAP - the later Ballmer et al gets kicked out THE MORE DEADLY DAMAGE WILL BE, THE MORE IT WILL COST TO REPAIR the Ballmerian "legacy".
-
Tuesday 20th August 2013 14:30 GMT Charlie Clark
WebRTC
This looks like an attempt to sabotage WebRTC by keeping chat proprietary.
The use case is just bizarre. OTT communications like Skype work best as standalone apps on mobile devices - why is the call not from the seedy tattoo studio with the guy half-pissed? That is surely closer to reality!