RSS
09-15-2009, 04:17 AM
Skype has shut down Extras, its developer program, because the company said it was not being used by enough developers to warrant continuing it, according to a TechCrunch post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103548.html). The program allowed developers to make Skype-based plugins that use the Skype network in other applications, but commentators like Michael Arrington and Om Malik said the program never allowed (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103548.html) Skype calling ability to be integrated deeply enough with the other applications to drive significant volume of development activity.
Malik held out hope that Skype's new owners (http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/ebay-reportedly-selling-skype-andressen-horowitz-others/2009-09-01) might institute a more developer friendly program (http://gigaom.com/2009/09/11/skype-kills-extras) to create new ways to use Skype with third-party applications, which could expand the service's utility and also drive revenue growth. He said the move to shutter Extras would be detrimental to Skype's long-term growth, as the developer community would turn to other services potentially causing innovation around Skype to flag.
For more:
- see the TechCrunch post here (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103548.html)
- see the GigaOm post here (http://gigaom.com/2009/09/11/skype-kills-extras/feed)
Related articles
Skype for Asterisk now available (http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/skype-asterisk-now-available/2009-09-01)
Skype doubling U.S. connection fees to many countries (http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/skype-doubling-u-s-connection-fees-many-countries/2009-08-25)
More... (http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/skype-kills-extras-developer-program/2009-09-14?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FV0)
Malik held out hope that Skype's new owners (http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/ebay-reportedly-selling-skype-andressen-horowitz-others/2009-09-01) might institute a more developer friendly program (http://gigaom.com/2009/09/11/skype-kills-extras) to create new ways to use Skype with third-party applications, which could expand the service's utility and also drive revenue growth. He said the move to shutter Extras would be detrimental to Skype's long-term growth, as the developer community would turn to other services potentially causing innovation around Skype to flag.
For more:
- see the TechCrunch post here (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103548.html)
- see the GigaOm post here (http://gigaom.com/2009/09/11/skype-kills-extras/feed)
Related articles
Skype for Asterisk now available (http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/skype-asterisk-now-available/2009-09-01)
Skype doubling U.S. connection fees to many countries (http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/skype-doubling-u-s-connection-fees-many-countries/2009-08-25)
More... (http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/skype-kills-extras-developer-program/2009-09-14?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FV0)