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Old May 11, 2011 | 4:17 pm
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Originally Posted by FLLDL
Skype accounts for 12% of all international calls, so really a huge potential market. I'm sure we will see integrated Skype links popping up on Xbox, Windows Mobile, Outlook, Office, IE etc etc.
But what about PS3, Android, GMail, OpenOffice, Firefox, etc, etc.?

I read that MS has promised to retain the cross-platform functionality of Skype, but I bet they adhere to this at only the most superficial level. (In other words, all the "good" features will require an MS platform.)
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