Re: Faking it with skype
On 19/09/2014, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Have you successfully run any version of Skype on that build previously?
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In a message posted last month, was;
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From: Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 06:42:38 +0800
Subject: Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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With the Skype 2.2 (beta), running on Debian 6, I was able to connect
successfully, and, successfully make videocalls, with people running
Linux, and, with people running MS Windows.
It worked, so Microsoft broke it.
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and
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:~# dpkg -l skype|tail -n1|tr -s ' '|cut -d ' ' -f3
2.2.0.35-1
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That version of Skype, was from when it was Skype Skype, before it
became Microsoft Skype.
It installed without problem, and, was able to be configured and run,
without significant problems. The only problems, in configuration,
were, from memory, choosing the device drivers for the sound input and
output devices. Once they were set right, it worked okay.
And so, Microsoft broke it - "If it works, then we can not allow that
- we can not allow software that works - functionality in computing is
not allowed by Microsoft - that is why we exist - to prevent
fuctionality in computing - we will assimmilate all other software
companies, to eliminate functionality. Resistance is futile.".
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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