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Skype Backs Off of Patch Tuesday Excuse

In a line that sounds as though somebody spoke it during a Congressional testimony after a two-minute whispering session with a lawyer, Skype now contends that Microsoft patches were a "catalyst" for and not a "root cause of" its recent outage. Oh, that's much clearer now, thanks. What's next, a non-denial denial?

Posted by Lee Pender on August 23, 2007 at 11:54 AM


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