Skype tips on managing a developer ecosystem - eat your young
Phil Wolff has a strong, longstanding relationship with the folks at Skype. I don't, so I can ask more bluntly, what the heck is wrong with you people? This looks like a signal to your developer partners to jump quickly before you crush another. While it may have been a move that was planned and thought out for a long time, this is sure to start minor ripples of wonder among your developer community, especially the ones you've been inattentive to.
Dear Skype: A letter of concern from a Developer about SkypeFind and the Skype ecosystemI will say that I looked at the recent Skype directory enhancement and and sort of made it through before I fell asleep with my head bouncing on the desk. It's a huge ho hum for me and not something I'll ever use or find useful. For me it signalled another step by Skype away from relevance to me as a useful tool. Still, this doesn't look like the right way to build an ecosystem of developer partners by any stretch of the imagination.
A public letter from Bulent Yildirim, CEO of KonuSh LLC. KonuSh is a long time Skype developer and the first to operate a Skype business directory, KonuSh.net.
Dear Skype:
The day the first Skype Beta was launched (August 2003), we believed that Skype would be the killer application in the telecommunications world. And we shared this idea with our colleagues. At the beginning even if Skype management was only focused on the consumer market, we believed that most of the people will use Skype for business purposes so that we have to establish a Skype Business Directory. This was our starting point, and we shared the idea with the Skype Team, and we got very good feedback that time.
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Skype has a new theme song - Slip Slidin' Away
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Typical Skype fashion. Screw your best partners.
Posted by: Rick | February 25, 2007 8:27 PM
I'm not sure if it's Skype management, or EBay leasing, but they're all one now. If I were a Skype developer, I'd be looking at Gizmo and moving my efforts quickly.
Personally, I see it as more on the ongoing decline. I seem to be the only one saying Skype's sliding downhill and losing relevance among the vocal bloggers, but I do believe it. It's as if they're nosing around the edge of the abyss, looking for the best spot to dive into dismal failure. I don't see things looking good for them really.
Posted by: Ken Camp | February 25, 2007 10:36 PM