# obituary_skype.py — Rest In Print
# This file only prints text. It reads nothing, writes nothing and opens no connections.

print("REST IN PRINT — THE HALL OF THE DEAD")
print("")
print("SKYPE")
print("2003-08-29 – 2025-05-05")
print("Skype Technologies, later Microsoft")
print("")
print("Skype died on May 5, 2025, at 21. Its users were moved to Teams, a sentence that does a lot of work.")
print("")
print("For years it was how families heard each other across oceans, at a delay, through a ringtone everyone can still hum.")
print("")
print("Its parent company bought it for a great deal of money and then built a cousin.")
print("")
print("This desk, which has relatives in other time zones, will miss it more than it expected.")
print("")
print("In lieu of flowers, ask if they can hear you now.")
print("")
print("Sources:")
print("https://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsoft-skype-shutting-down/")
print("https://9to5google.com/2025/02/28/microsoft-shuts-down-skype/")
print("")
print("Filed by Rest In Print. https://restinprint.studio/hall/skype")