This is a heavily interactive web application, and JavaScript is required. Simple HTML interfaces are possible, but that is not what this is.
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John Chang
jrcpl.us
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Simply put, running servers costs $$$, and Skype's business model was based on calling out to PSTN. It wouldn't have made business sense.
But also the P2P tech (which Skype didn't actually own, but licensed from the founders, to eBay's surprise) was seen by the old-guard as the crown jewels.
2025-03-02T18:21:49.757Z