hamburgheftig@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoMicrosoft is reportedly killing Skypewww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1326arrow-down13
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minus-squareinfeeeee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·21 hours agoSkype for business was not skype, it was lync, they just renamed it after the acquisition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_for_Business
minus-squarePhobosAnomaly@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 hours agoYeah I’ve still got my headsets from boxes with Skype For Business branding that have “Compatible with Microsoft Lync” stickers on them. It’s probably closer in UI to Skype from the 2000s that the “real” Skype never really recaptured. Not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing.
Skype for business was not skype, it was lync, they just renamed it after the acquisition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_for_Business
Yeah I’ve still got my headsets from boxes with Skype For Business branding that have “Compatible with Microsoft Lync” stickers on them.
It’s probably closer in UI to Skype from the 2000s that the “real” Skype never really recaptured. Not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing.