Microsoft is killing off Skype in favour of Teams (www.windowslatest.com)

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[-] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 8 points 2 years ago

I didn't realize it wasnt already killed

[-] BlackAura@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Technically Teams uses a lot of underlying Skype technology iirc.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Teams is quite literally built on top of Skype.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Nothing new there that has been the plan since launch and forcing everyone off Skype for business.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I don't care what anyone says, Teams is absolutely shit. Someone in every thread defends it but I can't figure out how they have a good experience with it

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago

I've only seen negative sentiment

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

big companies buying little ones just to kill them later, lovely

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago

Little? It was an 8 billion acquisition

[-] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 1 points 2 years ago

Skype is still one of the most used means of PC based communication in the world

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