A company I used to work for is panicking over this. One of their core products had an integration with Skype using Skype4Com for various reasons. They came to me recently asking if I had any recommendations for a better platform. (They knew Skype was a temporary hack but didn't expect it to die this fast) Basically they need a white-labeled, web-based video conference solution. They'd like centralized recording with…
Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API
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Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API
#22Skype's pretty much the worst thing ever anyway
Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API
#23Skype's pretty much the worst thing ever anyway
Really, I don't get why people care about it. It's closed source, shady, loaded with spam bots and the company treats customers terribly.
Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API
#24A company I used to work for is panicking over this. One of their core products had an integration with Skype using Skype4Com for various reasons. They came to me recently asking if I had any recommendations for a better platform. (They knew Skype was a temporary hack but didn't expect it to die this fast) Basically they need a white-labeled, web-based video conference solution. They'd like centralized recording with…
Not sure how integration would work.
Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API
#25Hello, Google Hangouts!
Also Google+ and anything related has about the same reputation as Nokia in the Netherlands. I don't know how it is in the US, but here I'm quite sure I can't even find a single friend willing to use that service.
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#26Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API
#27Anyone know if you can still use an older client to use the api? I guess if you can it's just a waiting game till the client becomes unsupported.
I just got a forced update with no way to cancel. But I haven't gone to OldApps to see how far back to go so that A) forced updates don't happen and B) the API and apps still work reliably. Don't know which version at which those two criteria are satisfied.
Heh, Linux baby ;)
Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API
#28Yet another example of what happens when you depend upon proprietary software. The developers that are upset should have known better.
Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API
#29A company I used to work for is panicking over this. One of their core products had an integration with Skype using Skype4Com for various reasons. They came to me recently asking if I had any recommendations for a better platform. (They knew Skype was a temporary hack but didn't expect it to die this fast) Basically they need a white-labeled, web-based video conference solution. They'd like centralized recording with…
Re: Microsoft to retire Skype Desktop API
#30A company I used to work for is panicking over this. One of their core products had an integration with Skype using Skype4Com for various reasons. They came to me recently asking if I had any recommendations for a better platform. (They knew Skype was a temporary hack but didn't expect it to die this fast) Basically they need a white-labeled, web-based video conference solution. They'd like centralized recording with…
I know you want a service, and this is a product, but I'll mention it anyway: https://jitsi.org/ Not sure how integration would work.