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re: Companies that provide a quality product/service yet you don't know how - Skype
Posted on 2/26/16 at 10:17 am to CAD703X
Posted on 2/26/16 at 10:17 am to CAD703X
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Skype has always been a resource hog and drained the life out of any phoen i ever installed it on.
Still doesn't discourage its use as a free app on a laptop, tablet, or phone.
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Posted on 2/26/16 at 10:22 am to slackster
Skype was bought by Microsoft and is now their business platform for what used to be called Lync.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 10:24 am to slackster
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I'd imagine Skype is used far more often in the retail world than in a business setting.
You'd be wrong. You are thinking of Skype only as a video tool. It is a full phone, integrated with your Outlook, Calendars, IM, and Collaboration.
Business will all be using video calling primarily within 10 years.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 10:24 am to CAD703X
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I am a Microsoft guy but I hate Lync and Skype.
Office365 has been a Godsend for my organization. Skype, one drive, and a viable office version for mobile devices have paid huge dividends for us.
Another good freeware for IT guys is Spiceworks. They provide help desk and inventory control. Each version gets better than the last.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 10:26 am to arn
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I still don't know how internet browsers are free. Search engine referrals?
wut
Google sells your info to advertisers and major corporations. They make 95% of their revenue from advertising.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 10:27 am to CAD703X
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I could use a string and 2 tin cans and have a better webex experience than with Lync and Skype has always been a resource hog and drained the life out of any phoen i ever installed it on.
The poor voice quality is totally a component of the quality of internet and the free service MS offers. If you connect Skyp for Business to your SIP service, it then runs on the quality of that service, which you can control with MPLS and/or other WAN enhancement tools.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 10:35 am to slackster
I use skye connect for my business. its really cheap though, much cheaper than a phone line.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 10:47 am to slackster
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Companies that provide a quality product/service yet you don't know how
Amazon. As the old proverb goes, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Unless it's Amazon"
Posted on 2/26/16 at 10:50 am to CunningLinguist
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Skype for Business was a huge step forward from the old Microsoft Office Communicator tool
Lync?
We half assed used both of these. I still mostly just email, over their IM functionality.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 11:26 am to ULSU
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You'd be wrong. You are thinking of Skype only as a video tool. It is a full phone, integrated with your Outlook, Calendars, IM, and Collaboration.
Yeah I'm beginning to see that based on the replies in this thread.
However, Skype video calls were always free as far as I know - long before they were integrated into Microsoft's business software. If this was their long term play then I get it, but I really don't know what their business model was originally.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 11:28 am to Epic Cajun
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Lync?
We half assed used both of these. I still mostly just email, over their IM functionality.
It's all integrated in Skype now. Shared Desktop control, video/voice conferencing, integrated Active Directory/Outlook Address Book.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 11:29 am to slackster
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However, Skype video calls were always free as far as I know - long before they were integrated into Microsoft's business software. If this was their long term play then I get it, but I really don't know what their business model was originally.
Skype had no long term play, they were looking to be bought, like most start-ups.
Microsoft will allow free calling Skype to Skype, but to call regular phone #s, you have to pay like you would any other phone service.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 11:29 am to TheCaterpillar
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Google sells your info to advertisers and major corporations. They make 95% of their revenue from advertising.
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still don't know how internet browsers are free.
You're explaining search engines, not browsers. He's asking how Opera, IE, Safari, Firefox, etc are free.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 11:32 am to ULSU
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Skype had no long term play, they were looking to be bought, like most start-ups.
I know what you're saying, but surely they were trying to position themselves as a profitable entity in the long run. We're they getting into business on their own or was that Microsoft's idea?
Posted on 2/26/16 at 11:33 am to slackster
Skype had no avenue into businesses, as it's quality as a stand alone voice service is shite. Tech companies need a product or sale model, but not necessarily actual sales.
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