Skype: Microsoft did not "kill" Asterisk support
The whole world of technology is shaking after it turned out that Skype stops supporting Asterisk , an open source PBX platform. And although the Skype solution can be somewhat shocking, the most interesting thing is that everyone is not angry at Skype - they are angry at Microsoft.
My PCWorld colleague Kathryn Noyce never misses an opportunity to kick Microsoft as unreasonable, so she quickly concluded that the termination of Asterisk’s support from Skype is part of Microsoft ’s cunning plan to close support for anything other than Microsoft products.
I expected such a hasty anti-MS reaction from Miss Noyce, but unfortunately, she was not alone in wanting to blame Microsoft for this Skype solution. ZDNet's Steve Vaughan-Nichols also joined this choir , as did the author of an article on TechFlash.com .
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I apologize, but what are you talking about? Microsoft announced plans to buy Skype for $ 8.5 billion just two weeks ago. It will take months to settle all financial and regulatory issues before Skype truly becomes part of Microsoft. In the meantime, the relationship between the two companies boils down to a press release about the intention to take over. Microsoft does not command in Skype yet.
Microsoft refused to provide any official comment - as I understand it, because so far they have nothing to do with the work of Skype and cannot comment on its policies and decisions.
I asked Skype to clarify whether Microsoft played a role in this decision, and received the following response from a company representative, Jennifer Koukin:
“Skype decided to discontinue support for Skype for Asrterisk several months ago, because we decided to focus efforts on implementing compatibility with the IETF SIP standard in our Skype Connect solution [formerly known as Skype for SIP]. SIP enjoys the widest support among all alternatives on the part of telecommunications equipment manufacturers, including Digium. Giving preference to SIP over other alternatives, we focus our resources and confirm our intentions to ensure the availability of Skype on those key platforms where we see the widest demand from users. ”
Yes, SIP is at the heart of Microsoft’s Lync voice service, but beyond that, this is the standard on which most VoIP and UC platforms are built. It is logical that Skype focuses its efforts on the protocol that most users rely on.
I understand that there is a certain percentage of people who do not like Microsoft, simply because it is Microsoft, but journalists still need to try to maintain greater objectivity, and restrain their impulses to kick Microsoft.
My PCWorld colleague Kathryn Noyce never misses an opportunity to kick Microsoft as unreasonable, so she quickly concluded that the termination of Asterisk’s support from Skype is part of Microsoft ’s cunning plan to close support for anything other than Microsoft products.
I expected such a hasty anti-MS reaction from Miss Noyce, but unfortunately, she was not alone in wanting to blame Microsoft for this Skype solution. ZDNet's Steve Vaughan-Nichols also joined this choir , as did the author of an article on TechFlash.com .
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I apologize, but what are you talking about? Microsoft announced plans to buy Skype for $ 8.5 billion just two weeks ago. It will take months to settle all financial and regulatory issues before Skype truly becomes part of Microsoft. In the meantime, the relationship between the two companies boils down to a press release about the intention to take over. Microsoft does not command in Skype yet.
Microsoft refused to provide any official comment - as I understand it, because so far they have nothing to do with the work of Skype and cannot comment on its policies and decisions.
I asked Skype to clarify whether Microsoft played a role in this decision, and received the following response from a company representative, Jennifer Koukin:
“Skype decided to discontinue support for Skype for Asrterisk several months ago, because we decided to focus efforts on implementing compatibility with the IETF SIP standard in our Skype Connect solution [formerly known as Skype for SIP]. SIP enjoys the widest support among all alternatives on the part of telecommunications equipment manufacturers, including Digium. Giving preference to SIP over other alternatives, we focus our resources and confirm our intentions to ensure the availability of Skype on those key platforms where we see the widest demand from users. ”
Yes, SIP is at the heart of Microsoft’s Lync voice service, but beyond that, this is the standard on which most VoIP and UC platforms are built. It is logical that Skype focuses its efforts on the protocol that most users rely on.
I understand that there is a certain percentage of people who do not like Microsoft, simply because it is Microsoft, but journalists still need to try to maintain greater objectivity, and restrain their impulses to kick Microsoft.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/120006/
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