Skype 8 does not support ipv6

[Ignatios Souvatzis]

On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 07:10:24AM -0700, Cameron Byrne wrote:
> Yet another year goes by, and Skype still remains one of the most popular
> apps, and thus its ipv4 dependence blocks meaningful ipv6-only adoption.
> Skype  is the poster child of ipv4 dependence.  This engineering failure at
> Microsoft (owns Skype) pushes cost on to other actors in the internet
> ecosystem and is a market failure where a more costly and more cgn broken
> internet is the result.  See the official tweet below stating no support.

Ahem. Let me take the role advocati diaboli:

The whole business model of Skype is to provide NAT-proof VOIP.
With end-to-end-connectivity hopefully restored by IPv6, where
would be the point of investing manpower for it?

	-is