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Daily News Stuff 1 March 2025

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  • Skype will die in May.  (Tom's Hardware)

    May 5, to be precise.

    Microsoft thinks you will move to Teams.  I don't think anyone who isn't already using Teams is going to switch to it because the messaging app they liked is being killed off.


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1 Pixy, if we don't want Teams because Microsoft, and we don't want Zoom because China, what do you suggest for simple point to point text, voice and video such as Skype supported that is both easy and secure?

Posted by: Tim Turner at Saturday, March 01 2025 08:14 PM (As8gg)

2 If these CEOs keep trying to push RTO like this, I suspect you'll start seeing workers decide their offering cake, to which they'll repay it with a free shave.  The place where I work has been RTO 5x/week for months already and nobody other than the CEO is happy with it, not even the rest of the C-suite.

Posted by: stargazera5 at Sunday, March 02 2025 11:55 AM (8Wura)

3 Tim - I try to avoid talking to people by any means whatsoever, so I'm not the best person to ask.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Sunday, March 02 2025 05:26 PM (PiXy!)

4 Tim, perhaps Signal or Telegram?
I use Teams for work, and it's nice enough, I guess, that I could use it for personal stuff, but for that I mostly just use SMS.

Posted by: Rick C at Monday, March 03 2025 06:40 AM (NEIix)

5 Starting Tuesday I'll be the only person in my department who has to work in the office (4x a week.)  The others are in Tennessee (a contractor), New Jersey, and India.
My 2x boss said to me a few months ago he might be able to get me wfh 2-3 days a week but I haven't pushed it, because I already moved across country for the job.  (The prior CEO, who left shortly after I was hired, was dead-set on "everyone back in the office", so I wound up in a weird place WRT WFH.)

Posted by: Rick C at Monday, March 03 2025 06:42 AM (NEIix)

6 Brin can jump in Lake Superior as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: Rick C at Monday, March 03 2025 06:42 AM (NEIix)

7 Let's see if WFH/shorter-week/union advocates push back on Brin.

Posted by: Rick C at Monday, March 03 2025 06:43 AM (NEIix)

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