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		pmlnr on June 4, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft acquires Github > Skype was pure garbage before MS acquired it. You have a weird memory. Skype was a very nice thing back in ~2009-2010.

gazarsgo on June 4, 2018 | [–]

Skype grabs port 80 and 443 by default, which is not very nice. Since at least 2010, but ISTR even earlier than that.

cobalt on June 4, 2018 | [–]

maybe its call quality was better, but its client has been garbage all the way back to the msn messenger days.

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