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Re: [NEWS] Microsoft to shut down Skype

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On 2025-03-01 10:58:46 +0000, Alan Ralph said:
> On 28 Feb 2025 at 23:20:19 GMT, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Another product bought up by a big tech business and (eventually)
>> closed down in favour of their own product, and another third-party
>> product destroyed by Microsloth buying it up.  :-\
> 
> I haven't kept tabs on who's leading between MS & Google in numbers of
> third-party apps bought, left to rot then eventually killed off. Google would
> take gold easily if you added in all the home-grown apps & services that have
> popped up over the years and popped their clogs a few years later. Yes, Yahoo
> should be included as well, but I think even their record would only get them
> a bronze medal.

Adobe wouldn't be far behind the medal winners either. At one point 
they bought up Macromedia, claimed they would not be killing off 
Dreamweaver or their own GoLive, but anyone with a brain knew they 
weren't going to be keeping two website building apps, and GoLive 
quietly disappeared not long after.

Then there is Symantec, which bought Think Pascal and Think C, and then 
killed them off not that long afterwards.  :-(

Apple too buys up lots of small businesses and then kills off the 
product, although sometimes the features are rolled into the OS or 
Apple app.

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[NEWS] Microsoft to shut down Skype Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-03-01 12:20 +1300
  Re: [NEWS] Microsoft to shut down Skype Alan Ralph <usenet@alanralph.co.uk> - 2025-03-01 10:58 +0000
    Re: [NEWS] Microsoft to shut down Skype Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-03-02 09:51 +1300
      Re: [NEWS] Microsoft to shut down Skype rlhamil@smart.net (Richard L. Hamilton) - 2025-03-03 07:04 +0000

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