Comments on: Windows Users Caused Skype Outage

By: Patch Tuesday will take down your phonesystem… | usken.no - VoIP news!

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:44:50 +0000

[...] since patch Tuesday has taken down any communication system. For those who can’t remember, Skype went down because of this. Now it is Microsoft to learn a lesson. The patch KB974571 “Vulnerabilities [...]

By: Crisis Communications 2.0 - The Skype is Falling | PR2.0

Crisis Communications 2.0 - The Skype is Falling | PR2.0 — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:50:55 +0000

[...] Technology News, Todd Watson, Download Squad, istartedsomething, Ryan Naraine’s Zero Day, TechCrunch, CrunchGear, Disruptive Telephony, Dare Obasanjo, Incremental Blogger, Mark Evans, TechSpot News, [...]

By: Windows bringt Skype zum Absturz - apfelquak

Windows bringt Skype zum Absturz - apfelquak — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:44:26 +0000

[...] [via Techcrunch] [...]

By: Windows Update прецакал Skype

Windows Update прецакал Skype — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:32:50 +0000

[...] Windows Update прецакал Skype 23 08 2007 Skype Windows UpdateПопулярната програма за комуникации Skype претърпя голям срив миналата седмица, който засенчи всички кризи на конкурента му ICQ досега. Милионите абонати на чат-клиента останаха без достъп до сървърите му в продължение на два дни. Причината за проблема, както се оказа, бил обичайният комплект обновления от Windows Update. [...]

By: Rostislav Siryk

Rostislav Siryk — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:16:54 +0000

Okay; to finally get to the truth I propose to complete a very simple online survey named Skype Windows Update Outage Poll. This one will let us know how manu people really did reboot their machines on August 16th 2007. Vote to reveal the truth!

By: damien

damien — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:51:05 +0000

@holly: “Why didnt my MSN messenger or Yahoo messenger go down ?”
Read the article before asking dumb questions! Doesn’t a phrase “revealed a previously unseen software bug” say that it WAS a bug in Skype’s software?

By: Skype Outage Fixed! Shame on your Windows Users! | The Tech Record

Skype Outage Fixed! Shame on your Windows Users! | The Tech Record — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:55:57 +0000

[...] is being reported by Tech Crunch that Skype experienced an outage a few days ago because of “a massive restart of user’s [...]

By: Rush

Rush — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:53:38 +0000

so basically it wasn’t a windows problem, it was a skypes problem they want to pawn off on someone else. fucking losers.

By: 破百的老兵

破百的老兵 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:19:38 +0000

Skype 大斷線的真相 ?…

果然是靠山山倒、靠人人跑、靠自己最好 ?

眾所週知的，Skype 走的是 P2P 的架構，理論上來說應該是很不會因為 SPOF 的因素而被中斷掉，不過在上星期四 (2007/08/16) 開始，Skype 突然就無預警地…

By: Geek And Poke

Geek And Poke — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:02:17 +0000

A Happy Day For Mr. B….

A Patch Tuesday knocked Skype out (see TechCrunch)….

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:08:32 +0000

Sounds like skype selfhealing fits the old expression

“The doctor who treats himself has a fool for a doctor and an idiot for a patient. …

By: holly

holly — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:23:32 +0000

Well eBay itself is going on crazy. Skype is making strange claims. Why didnt my MSN messenger or Yahoo messenger go down ? Funny, anyways people are people, this is not going to do anything .. and the number of users that skype has will be the same .. and continue to grow.. after all where is the alternative ?

lol on gary that was funny. Anyways seems this is a sign of voip recession.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:23:18 +0000

I agree that Microsoft could have a little more empathy in how they release their updates and “force” them upon users. Given their dominance, they do need to appreciated the impact they are having on others like Skype, ISPs, etc.

However, it’s still Skype’s problem, not Microsoft’s. Microsoft should “work closely with their partners… yada yada yada”, but should not be the scapegoat.

By: Rostislav Siryk

Rostislav Siryk — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:41:05 +0000

Why French? I believe It was Canabians.

There’s too much computers in the Canaba I believe. Too much risk. Let’s care more of each other.

Today it’s Skype, tomorrow it will be famous YouTube worm – who knows?

And day after tomorrow Winamp will strongly propose you to upgrade due to system vulnerability.

By: -gary

-gary — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:30:11 +0000

At least they didn’t blame it on sub-prime lending or terroism. It’s good to have a consistent scapegoat in the IT world.

By: Skype: Its not Us, its Windows

Skype: Its not Us, its Windows — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:02:17 +0000

[...] [Via: Windows Users Caused Skype Outage] [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:01:26 +0000

No, actually, it’s the French… They were all on vacation last week and turned their computers off!

C’mon Skype/eBay…

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:41:32 +0000

Smells Fishy!

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:24:03 +0000

The original article says:
The disruption was triggered by a massive restart of our users’ computers across the globe within a very short timeframe as they re-booted after receiving a routine set of patches through Windows Update.

The TC article says:
According to Skype the outage was caused by “a massive restart of our user’s computers…

“triggered” is not the same as “caused”

By: Rostislav Siryk

Rostislav Siryk — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:18:53 +0000

Isn’t it beautiful?

Quantum physics says such things really possible. For example, ball can jump without applying any force to it. Why? As we know, everything consist of atoms. They are swinging around their respective positions. So, if all atoms of the ball will swing in the same direction at the same moment of time — ball will jump just by accident!

Skype’s outage is nothing else as natural consequence of quantum physics rules.

Because users like atoms.

By: jasonswadley.com

jasonswadley.com — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:18:17 +0000

Monday Links…

It turns out that Skype was brought down by Windows users. Zen Habits compiles 20 tools for organizing your life. I use one (Google Calendar). Handbrake – the free app that rips DVDs quicker than a Hulk Hogan shirt -…

By: BpMonaco

BpMonaco — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:08:51 +0000

Sype Explains Major Outage…

Hat tip to Duncan Riley. Skype explained the cause of the massive outage starting on August 16, via their Heartbeat blog, today:
On Thursday, 16th August 2007, the Skype peer-to-peer network became unstable and suffered a critical disruption. The disru…

By: RustyS

RustyS — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:00:12 +0000

And that folks is how you write Digg bait.

By: Tihomir

Tihomir — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:16:28 +0000

when are they going to fix these bugs or we are going to experience that one more time?

By: Ryan Spahn

Ryan Spahn — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:58:34 +0000

windows updates need to be done in the morning after waking up(LoL) and should be staggered!