Jentalin, one of the founders of the video communications platform Skype, recently said

TechWorld, one of the founders of the video communications platform Skype, Jean Tallin Jaan Tallinn, said recently that Microsoft had failed to do its part to keep Skype up to speed, and that Google might be a better buyer, the technology website reported.

"If you look at the diversity of projects that Google is carrying out, such as self-driving cars, Google glasses, etc., you know that Google is a more ambitious company," said Tallinn at Oxford University last weekend. Google may be the better place for Skype. "Skype was founded by Estonian people.

The company, founded in 2003, was in the pocket of $8.5 billion in October 2011 by Microsoft, but its product development iterations have been significantly slower in recent years than Facebook and other news agencies.

Tallinn's slow pace of product development is due to the lack of start-up flexibility and sensitivity of large companies such as Microsoft. This means that adding a new feature requires more bureaucratic approval before it can take place, and the pace of the project slows down naturally.

Tallinn also said that because Skype was installed in the world's tens of thousands of devices that could not be upgraded, the limitations of the hardware caused Skype to sometimes be unable to release the upgraded version of the software. "For example, some Skype is still running on a TV set that is longer than six years, and you have to continue to support it," he said. ”

He says there is no need for new startups to think too much about this version of compatibility, but for Skype, the old infrastructure has caused its own escalation difficulties.

Of course, Tarin left Microsoft some face. He said Microsoft and Skype are now working in good partnership because the difficulties they are trying to overcome are consistent.

"The main problem they face is that Microsoft's main software (office and Windows) and Skype software (Skype) are developed for different computing environments," he said. They are developed for devices such as PC-side, laptop, etc. that require power outlets and large batteries. ”

"Now, computing devices are largely limited by battery performance, memory capacity, and bandwidth levels. This is a completely new computing environment for Offiec, windows, and Skype. All two companies need to update their flagship offerings based on this new computing environment. ”

Tallinn sold its Skype shares to ebay in 2005 at a price of 2.5 billion dollars. He is currently working for a medical research firm, Metamed, and is investing in a range of start-ups, including Chilango, a British hotel chain.

In fact, Google had approached the takeover of Skype from ebay in 2009. At that time, Google's Internet telephony products Google Voice is in the development phase. After internal discussions, Google decided to give up the communications business that was not in line with its own technical philosophy. In the ensuing development process, Google launched a number of overlapping products in the field of instant messaging and eventually synthesized the unified hangout. Now, however, Google is clearly not the leading actor in the field of instant messaging.