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November 14, 2008 11:17 AM PST

Skype's newest feature: Mail-order brides

by Matt Asay

OK, I've been in New York all week, meeting with customers and partners. It gets a little lonely on the road.

Imagine my surprise when Skype introduced me to its newest feature: mail-order brides! At least, I think that's what this offer was....Is Skype psychic or what?

I knew my wife for six years or so before we got married. What a drag! With Skype I can just log in, get a wife, and log out again. Who knew the lengths to which technology would go to make our lives easier?!?

All Skype needs now is to add an option for "Marry anne_04_2003" and it's feature complete.

Skype wants to set me up on a date

Matt Asay brings a decade of in-the-trenches open-source business and legal experience to The Open Road, with an emphasis on emerging open-source business strategies and opportunities. Matt is vice president of business development at Alfresco, a company that develops open-source software for content management. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. You can follow Matt on Twitter @mjasay.
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by toby0905 November 14, 2008 4:20 PM PST
Interesting. Just think how much more efficient, and speedy you can now grow your LDS harem.

"From Ham sprang that race which preserved the curse in the land."
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by Matt Asay November 17, 2008 3:03 PM PST
Was that a joke? It was in poor taste, was inaccurate, and was a bit stupid. Other than that, it was quite funny.
by Matt Asay November 17, 2008 3:10 PM PST
P.S. What incorrect view of LDS doctrine were you hoping to pillory with your comment? It missed the mark by a wide margin, but it would be interesting to hear which LDS doctrine you thought you were attacking.
by superdave132 November 14, 2008 10:25 PM PST
Is this a joke?...thats a request from a skype user NOT a skype feature.
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by ravster111 November 15, 2008 1:17 AM PST
i cant believe superdave132 didn't get the joke
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Matt Asay brings a decade of in-the-trenches open-source business and legal experience to the Open Road, with an emphasis on emerging open-source business strategies and opportunities. Matt is general manager of the Americas division and vice president of business development at Alfresco, a company that develops open-source software for content management. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.

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