For those of us who are a little older, Skype takes us back to the good old days when we communicated using the only platform that allowed us to communicate online through a computer and share screens with our interlocutors.
A great advance for its time, which lasted quite a while until it was gradually replaced by other similar ones that were gaining ground in the market. And after a while, Microsoft, which owns Skype, announced that it would be closing the company shortly. A pity, but that's how things are.
The case of Skype is an example of how a pioneer lets the market be eaten up by others that appear later, and ends up disappearing.
And this is not an isolated case. There have been others, and permit me to remind you of a few:
One of the most famous is Kodak: A giant of analog photography, Kodak ironically invented the digital camera in 1975. However, they underestimated the potential of digital technology and clung to their traditional business. This lack of vision led them to bankruptcy in 2012, a paradigmatic case of how resistance to change can doom even giants.
Another was Osborne Computer Corporation: A pioneer in the creation of portable computers, launching the Osborne 1 in 1981, the first truly commercially viable portable computer. Its initial success was dazzling, but the rapid evolution of the market and the premature announcement of new models cannibalized the sales of the Osborne 1, leading the company to bankruptcy in 1983.
Blockbuster: It dominated the physical movie rental market for decades. The arrival of streaming platforms like Netflix, which offered a more convenient and cheaper alternative, caught them off guard. Blockbuster turned down the opportunity to buy Netflix at its inception (what a vision of the future) and ended up declaring bankruptcy in 2010. They paid dearly for their mistake.
And there are many more, because life goes on and the market never stops reinventing itself.
Today we have to say goodbye to Skype and thank its creators for the entrepreneurial spirit they had in their day.
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