Skype is getting a major, much-needed upgrade: Skype 4.0. President Josh Silverman calls it the “biggest new release in Skype’s history.” The new software client, which which will be released here in beta tomorrow (for Windows only), takes up the whole screen. Video is front and center.
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Maybe it’s because I’m an Ubuntu Linux fan, but I see Skype’s continued blind eye to Linux very short sighted. Much cheaper to keep it in sync than to fight off a challenger that’s truly cross platform. Don’t laugh. It has happened in the past and it’s happen again.