Skype scores 100 millionth customer

[MacBytes]

Category: 3rd Party Software
Link: Skype scores 100 millionth customer

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[dombi]

The title is very misleading. The number of downloads does not equal to the number of customers.

There are about 1.2 million people using SkyOut.

 

[Nermal]

Quite right. I've personally downloaded the thing 3 or 4 times.

 

[munkle]

Not to forget that Skype is updated very regularly, bumping up the download figures even more...but it does sound impressive though!

 

[witness]

Skype is a pretty fantastic product, especially since skypin and now skypout came along. Not to mention that it works on Mac, Windows and Linux!

Skype saves me many £'s calling friends and family around the world.

When the add video support it will be complete.

 

[munkle]

I wonder if the success of Skype will encourage Apple to really make a go of iChat. The AV capabilities are already superb, they just need to get more people using it. A good step would to support more protocols other than AIM (Jabber is a step in the right direction) and making it a cross platform app. I know a lot of people aren't a big fan of iChat but the success of Skype shows that there is a definite market. Unfortunately the sales of iSights are never going to match the sales of iPods so maybe the incentive just isn't there...shame.