[ale] I can't quit laughing

[Jim Kinney]

Not surprising.  However, I setup a friend a few years back with a netbook
with fedora and skype. It's benn upgraded to f16 and the latest skype for
Linux. It all works. Even the video.
On May 4, 2012 9:18 PM, "Lawrence Hamblin" <infinity.d2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think I'll just rain on your parade with a bit of irony: the Linux
> version of Skype is still stuck, after over two years, on version 2.2 beta.
>
> Thanks Microsoft.
>
> Lawrence
>
> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Having been in this since kernel v.0.95 and seen the train wreck of
>> Microsoft trying to hold off the inevitable, for them to cave this quickly
>> and USE a Linux cluster as a core component is just a funny thing to me.
>>
>> And, yes, it is _QUITE_ a compliment!
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Matthew <simontek at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Why? They realized linux was more efficient for their needs. I see it
>>> as a compliment.
>>>
>>> On 5/4/12, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/05/skype-replaces-p2p-supernodes-with-linux-boxes-hosted-by-microsoft.ars
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > --
>>> > James P. Kinney III
>>> >
>>> > As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
>>> > consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
>>> they
>>> > please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
>>> > - *2011 Noam Chomsky
>>> >
>>> > http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
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>>> >
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>>
>> As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
>> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
>> please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
>> - *2011 Noam Chomsky
>>
>> http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
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