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05/24/2004, 9:25pm, EDT

Monday, May 24th

Skype for Mac OS X announced by developer

Skyper Limited has announced the Mac version of Skype, its free and simple application that enables you to make free calls anywhere in the world. Skype, created by the developer of KaZaA, uses innovative P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other Skype users. "If you are tired of paying outrageous fees for telephony, Skype is for you!" The Mac OS X beta version will be available in a few weeks, according to the developer.


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Awsome!
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05/24, 11:34pm, EDT
This is one of the greatest freebees in the last few years! Awsome software on my peecee & was a reason I was recommending them over Macs - no more!
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Huh?
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05/25, 1:02am, EDT
You recommended people buy a PC over a Mac because of Skype? :-

Don't get me wrong, I use Skype on my Wintel box and I think it's one of the better VoIP apps, but I would never go so far as to recommend someone buy a PC instead of a Mac because of it. Come on. It's not that good. :-)
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Skype rhymes with Hype
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05/25, 9:24am, EDT
And RIPE! What happened to that RIPE guy? Not that I miss him…
Since day one with my 17" Powerbook I've been using iChat with this AND video if I want, same quality, even more people to find to yak with. Notice the standard lack of clarity in the pitch that the callee has to be a Skype registered user, so nothing new except conferencing, it won't be long before they all do that, not surprised it was the biggest thing since sliced bread on a PC, soon we'll all be using open source universal clients to all the services. Yawn…
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hype indeed!
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05/25, 11:32pm, EDT
Isn't this the same company who packs spyware with kazaa for unsuspecting Windows users? My neighbor installed it and had popups all over his screen, even when he didn't think he was on the internet. God only knows what else the software was doing in his computer or who it was reporting to.

I don't think we need this kind of 'free' software in the Mac world.
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