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	Skype brought down by Windows users

kmakice

8-20-2007 11:32 AM

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skype, technical failure, software update, windows update

kmakice says:

... or more accurately, but a bunch of post-software-update reboots

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8-20-2007 12:53 PM

ericskiff

Wow.

"Well, they'll never reboot all at once."

And then they did!

I wonder what something like the power failure in the NorthEast a few years back would do.

8-20-2007 1:23 PM

arifsali

I think this happened because Skype is owned by ebay. You see, they're trying to blame Microsoft for their problem. No independent developer will ever dare, only big corporations.

8-20-2007 2:12 PM

djkraz

I experienced this. All day thursday I had major problems with skype.

8-20-2007 2:22 PM

ratilfar

Same here dj...

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