Comments on: My Thoughts on the Skype Settlement: Winners & Losers Scorecard http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: coldbrew http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229624 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:52:35 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229624 I agree with almost everything here, but I hope that last paragraph proves untrue (a 20+ BOD!?!). No time for in-fighting, competition is heating up again. It’s as if now is the time for the VOIP revolution predicted 10 yrs. ago.

A few things I’d like to see:
-Voicemail should be optional (you can’t turn it off currently)
-an API that isn’t tied to the desktop (for a Twitter-like ecosystem)
-Android-based hardware without GSM/CDMA
-Call FWD should be free (via partnerships…lots of them); they should have the leverage for that now

]]> By: Greedo http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229623 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:36:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229623 There are no winners here. Shame behavior by the “founders”.

]]> By: Frank http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229622 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:10:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229622 … a Biggie Smalls quote.
Notoriously appropriate.

]]> By: Thomas http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229621 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:08:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229621 Ugly affair from start to end, and probably not much better going forward. I’d guess some of the “winners” above might feel just a bit queasy as they look into the poisoned chalice. Drink up, gentlemen.

]]> By: Bill http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229620 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:17:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229620 Om, what’s your take on Volpi and his career?

]]> By: powel http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229619 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:52:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229619 this makes you wonder how volpi became cisco cto in the 1st place … did he even have the qualifications? his lack of knowledge of basic procedures, operational side and investment criteria reek smell of favourtism/nepotism in cisco days.

]]> By: Mark Sigal http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229618 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:32:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/my-thoughts-on-skype-settlement-winners-losers-scorecard/#comment-229618 Now, if only the Coen Brothers could put their spin on this tale. That would be fun to watch.

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