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RE: Microsoft stops Windows Live VOIP services from July
Perhaps not the most helpful comment, but all I can say to that is "meh". Skype has perfected that, just like Google has perfected search.
I have a friend who has dedicated the last ten years of his life to get his foot through the Microsoft's door -- beta testing, participating in volunteer programs, earning MVP status while still in highschool, making connections, doing MS internships. He grew up loving Microsoft like other kids loved Power Rangers. He is about to graduate from college now and has a job offer from MS he will probably take, but he is not excited about it anymore.
It came last week, after the G2 iPhone announcement. I never expected him to tell me he has realized that Microsoft leads only in the 900lbs gorilla way, in part because he is the last person I would expect to accept and admit that, in part because I am the last person I'd expect him to admit it to, given the many years of arguments we've had about it. However, that is exactly what he did, and he said it because it is true.
Microsoft has brilliant people, but between their obsession with a platform rather than focusing on specific products, bureaucracy and shortage of innovation at the top, they will never make a better iPhone. Or a better Skype. Or a better search engine than Google.
Thus, "meh". Did anyone even use the VoIP functionality loss of which you are lamenting?
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