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by untog 3762 days ago
I've always assumed that the acquisition failed horribly. The apps are still the same code as pre-acquisition, and I'll bet a lot of the original developers left pretty sharpish. It's quite possible that the original codebase is an absolute train wreck, it's not as if it was ever an amazing app, after all.

I wonder if MS acquired Skype today (i.e. "The New Microsoft") whether they'd have been more successful.
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Splines 3762 days ago
Skype has a ton of legacy (just look at this list: http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/) - supporting that can't be easy.

WhatsApp will probably face similar problems in 5-10 years, if they want to maintain compatibility with the myriad of clients they have in the wild.

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aylons 3761 days ago
> WhatsApp will probably face similar problems in 5-10 years, if they want to maintain compatibility with the myriad of clients they have in the wild.

They don't. They just announced dropping support for Blackberry and S60.

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