“How Can They Be So Good?”: The Strange Story of Skype

“I don’t care about Skype!” millionaire Jaan Tallinn tells me, taking off his blue sunglasses and finding a seat at a cozy open-air restaurant in the old town of Tallinn, Estonia. “The technology is 10 years old—that’s an eternity when it comes to the Internet Age. Besides, I have more important things going on now.” Tallinn has five children, and he calls Skype his sixth. So why does he no longer care about his creation?

via “How can they be so good?”: The strange story of Skype | Ars Technica.

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