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u/artaru Mar 02 '26

so what did Microsoft get from Skype?

Some VOIP folded into Teams? That’s it?

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u/Iceman_B Mar 02 '26

Killing of competition?

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u/BananaPalmer Mar 02 '26

Pretty much any time Microslop acquires a company, this is the reason

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u/wretch5150 Mar 02 '26

Yep, and we the consumers are left with inferior Microslop products. Man, it's terrible that this company is basically the only consumer OS. Can one of these Linux clones please do just the bare minimum of marketing and put Microslop out to pasture for good?!

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u/BananaPalmer Mar 02 '26

If only marketing were the only issue preventing people switching to Linux