Funny: Startup To Cisco: Buy Us And We'll Fix Your Skype Problem

Tiny startup Hookflash has a proposal for Cisco. It wants to help Cisco smash Skype and is willing to sell itself to Cisco to do it, Hookflash founder Erik Lagerway told Business Insider.

Funny: Startup To Cisco: Buy Us And We'll Fix Your Skype Problem Eriklagerwayhookflash

Cisco, if you recall, is really worried about Skype and thinks the government should force Microsoft to change Skype so that it works better with Cisco's expensive room-based videoconferencing systems.

But Lagerway says Cisco is really missing the bigger picture. A new technology is being developed right now that bakes videoconferencing directly into the browser, without a plug-in and very soon everyone, even Skype, will be using it.

The new standard is called WebRTC and it's backed by Google and Mozilla, maker of Firefox, and, strangely enough, even Cisco, Microsoft and Skype. This week, Google added WebRTC to Chrome and Mozilla promises to include it in Firefox pre-beta builds.

http://www.businessinsider.com/hookflash-cisco-should-buy-us-2012-11

Funny: Startup To Cisco: Buy Us And We'll Fix Your Skype Problem

Funny: Startup To Cisco: Buy Us And We'll Fix Your Skype Problem

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