Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7
On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have found, in the last day, that Microsoft has apparently cancelled
> Skype access for versions of Debian before 7.x.
>
> With the error message that I encountered, with my Skype 2.2 (beta)
> running on Debian 6, I went to the Skype web site, and found that they
> have cancelled access for all but the latest version of Skype, and,
> for Debian, it apparently needs Debian 7.x, to run.
>
> No notice (on the Skype mailing list) was given.
>
> I thought that anyone like me, who is running and using Debian 6 (and
> anyone using earlier versions of Debian), most of the time, might like
> to know.
Debian 6 is oldstable so why shouldn't MS decide to withdraw Skype support?
Didn't Google withdraw Chrome support recently? (There was a thread about this.)
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