Dumb Pipes ? Why Skype Treads Carefully With Open Source
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Monday, November 2, 2009; 2:52 PM
Skype's Linux version will soon become open source software ¿ and maybe run on every smartphone, TV set-top box or other gadget powered by the free operating system.
It could also become part of multi-protocol messengers like Pidgin or eBuddy or Meebo.
Or at least that was the hope for some hours today after a French user got the following answer from Skype customer support.
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