Sam Sethi, writing in this morning’s TechCrunch UK, thinks that the biggest impact of Skype 3.0 is under the hood — the new Java and COM APIs. All signs certainly seem to be pointing that way, as major features like the new Call Transfer, are only exposed as APIs at this point. One of our developers grabbed the Skype Java libraries earlier this week, and so far has been very impressed with them.
It’s this kind of initiative that will accelerate the adoption of Skype by developers. Until now, Skype’s clunky COM architecture has been a headache for any firm seriously considering it as a platform. This is a welcome move forward.
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.
