Skype: Interop is a Waste of Time
Ecomm is a fantastic conference (for telecom propeller heads). This year I was only able to do a fly-by. However, the organizers are starting to post videos.
“What we are not excited about is people building interop. It is not because we don’t want them to build interop or have interop, it’s just that it is a waste of time.”
So much for the “infinitely variable web.” I agree that Skype is amazing and it fairly earned the title of “mega huge disruptor,” but I am not convinced it will retain that title with such a closed approach.
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We are agreed. Their wholly closed approach will be their undoing.
SkypeKit, for all the hype, hasn't really done much that I can see. Sure you can buy a high-end TV with a built-in Skype client. But that TV may not be able to interop with a Skype client on a PC or Mac.
They will still have some ability to disrupt the old-guard telecom space, but the crazy innovative Skype of old has long passed.
Skype is considering that whole population from any place in the world is connected with a "last mile" wide-band IP Connection. They forgot that the today's Phone Service Providers gets a fabulous amount of money that cames from the 'dumb narrow-band' voice, and most of them owns the IP network connection (the last mile). Also, there is a sunrealistic signal variation for mobiles connection (EDGE, 3G, WiFi, WiMAX) and the roaming from one network to another is annoying, walking with my mobile phone, imagine in my car from one city to another; will SkypeKit keep a crystal clear sound in my car sound (driving at 55 mph constantly)? The reality in the world is totally different from the minds of this gentlemen. Try to connect a IP Mobile phone in the middle of the road at the desert in Nevada, or the middle of the Amazon, India or China.. In what world those guys lives?
In the other hand, the statement: Interop is a waste of time… Will the new owners (Microsoft) agreed with this statement??? This gentleman is stating the there will be no interop between MS (Lync, Hotmail, Office365) and Skype?