4/28/2007

Who’s in Charge at Skype?

Not the developers. Not the partners. Not the customers. That’s been clear for some time.

Now this from colleague Phil Wolff at Skype Journal  -

Skype silences Alpha-blogger

Wow. Talk about a chilling effect.

Skype lawyer Seema Sharma emailed blogger Jan Geirnaert Friday afternoon. She told him his popular skype-watch.com and skype-gadgets.com blogs put him in legal jeopardy.

Jan, an independent IT consultant, took the implied threats seriously. He promptly blacked out skype-watch, abandoning two years of intense daily news coverage, product reviews, and wry commentary.

Jan said “I’m not a sadomasochist. Neither am I an idiot. By doing this, Skype sent me the signal not do any of this blogging wise, business wise, in any way.”
[Read full article]

I’ve talked to Jan a lot online the last couple of years. He’s been a tremendous resource to the Skype user and developer community.

My response to Skype -

You stupid twits. I’ve been both complimentary and critical os Skype for a long time, and for good reason. I’m highly unlikely to say anything complimentary in the future as you become a useless telco. Don’t expect good karma here.

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* Filed by Ken at 3:46 pm under Unified Communications, VoIP/Unified Communications

3 Responses to “Who’s in Charge at Skype?”

  1. jan geirnaert | tropicaljantie
    April 28th, 2007 | 9:59 pm

    thanks for the comments. cu around jan geirnaert

  2. The Flat Planet and a Phone ! » What is Skype Doing?
    April 29th, 2007 | 4:13 am

    [...] number of my blogger friends,  Phil, Pat and Ken among them, came out strongly against Skype  - for telling well known Skype blogger Jan Geirnaert [...]

  3. Alon Cohen - BitWine
    April 29th, 2007 | 9:57 am

    It hurts to see such a nice company loosing its way. I still think there is a chance for them, there are good people there, they can still improve and do better with customers and partners.

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