While Cisco Systems, the San Jose, Calif-based IP communications giant was busy making a fortune selling expensive video conferencing system to large companies, Skype was making it dead simple for little people to video call each other. No big screens to buy, no big special Cisco boxes – just plain simple software and you were good to go. As luck would have it, the concept of virtual offices and distributed workforce took off and gave Skype Video a big boost in small and medium sized business. Of course, when Microsoft bought Skype last year, the idea of Skype everywhere including the corporate offices became a reality.
via Wah! Wah! Mommy, Skype won’t play with me — Tech News and Analysis.
