Alright.... so everyone in my school is talking about skype and how it's really cool and free.... but i'm skeptical..... why? well one, it's free..... and two, it's made by the guys that made Kazaa

So i just wanna know, what's the catch in making it free?

Its bassiclly just an instant message client that only supports audio nothing more. And to call phones you have to buy some Skype Plus! type thing.

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Originally posted by Ningc_Maniac
Alright.... so everyone in my school is talking about skype and how it's really cool and free.... but i'm skeptical..... why? well one, it's free..... and two, it's made by the guys that made Kazaa

So i just wanna know, what's the catch in making it free?

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Originally posted by timmie_loots

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Originally posted by Ningc_Maniac
Alright.... so everyone in my school is talking about skype and how it's really cool and free.... but i'm skeptical..... why? well one, it's free..... and two, it's made by the guys that made Kazaa

So i just wanna know, what's the catch in making it free?

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I don't think there is a catch, it's just a very handy tool to phone your friends over the internet..

By the way: A lot of great tools are free

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I use the free verison of skype, and it's really good quality, but i can only make pc to pc calls.  my bro got the extra thing, so he can call normal phones as well, it's really good though cos calling from norway to singapore on a normal line is quite expensive, but using skype it only costs him something like $0.02/min.
it's better now that it's been upgraded, before it had tons of bugs.

Can someone give a link to where to download this at. 

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Originally posted by pr0xy
Can someone give a link to where to download this at.

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How about creating a plugin for MSN Messenger to launch a Skype call with the person(s) you are currently messaging?

This would launch Skype if it is not already running and initate a call to the user from inside Messeneger (in the same way that Netmeeting can be launched) - it could even be launched from the 'Activities' tab as seen in MSN Messenger 7 beta. Requests sent to users without Skype installed could be shown a short product description with a download link.

This would be huge !!  Skype associates itself with the callto: link on setup.   I am not a coder, but from the things everyone has done with Plus which are just amazing, this could be a really heavily downloaded add-in..

I love Skype, it is great and has come a long way, File Transfer now, and apparently adding video etc..    The text part is still way behind MSN but getting better.

Is it Possible ???

I also use skype  I like it a lot to talk with friends  and when you need to give a link or somethin I just gieve it on msn...

The reason I installed it it's because my audio conversations in msn NEVER had worked and still DON'T work  so yeah

As mentioned this would be nice as a plugin to launch it or sumat.
I'm not exactly sure what you could do with it if the plugin were to be made but oh well ....

I was just reading the skype forums and found a link to this thread so thought hmmm i wonder what he has to say

Wouldn't it be easier to just open Sype and talk to the person?
Not to mention for the plugin to work the person would have to have a skype account.

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Originally posted by Underlord
Wouldn't it be easier to just open Sype and talk to the person?

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There's no catch: it's free and great; i use it daily.

No spyware, no adware.

And you don't have to "buy" a better version, IIRC you just add credits into your Skype Account to be able to phone worldwide to a telephone line.

skype is a good program. Its basically the same as msn messenger but in msn messenger a lot of times the audio doesnt work well or doesnt work at all.. Plus skype is more like a real phone because it realyl make a loud noise when someone calls so u know to go up to your room and pick up the phone, (Computer) lol

i'm getting skype out when i leave home, it will be cheaper to phone people