Bill Campbell over on Skype Journal is very critical of the Skype Voice Services business model. It’s a consequence of not owning your own platform and API, as I said earlier today. Everyone has to get paid! Now, having said that, giving up 70% of your revenue to the distribution channel, in exchange for the weak promotional benefits offered, seems rich. Compared to packaged software distribution where there is an actual cost to warehousing and carrying credit, it’s very rich.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
