Comments on: Skype 1.4 for Windows Released http://gigaom.com/2005/09/29/skype-14-for-windows-released/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2005/09/29/skype-14-for-windows-released/#comment-108493 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:49:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/29/skype-14-for-windows-released/#comment-108493 Mybe Om, maybe not. They are good at trying to milk a captive audience (which is of course the monopoly/oligopoly model), but not so good at how to effectively add customers and services (competative model). I back up my statement by pointing to high churn and slow adoption of new services.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/09/29/skype-14-for-windows-released/#comment-108492 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:06:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/29/skype-14-for-windows-released/#comment-108492 i could not agree more with your aswath – the bellheads are not as bone headed as many would like you to believe. they do know one thing: how to make money

]]> By: Aswath http://gigaom.com/2005/09/29/skype-14-for-windows-released/#comment-108491 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:49:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/29/skype-14-for-windows-released/#comment-108491 I thought with Skype, PSTN will go the wayside of dinosaurs. Now I realize that I need it to forward my calls to. :-)

Do I have to buy ringtones? Or can I use my own music? The former is done by the “bellheads” in the cell phone industry and the latter is done by the “netheads” in the IM industry.

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