Sharing, as they told you in school assembly, is good. Sharing Skype with a friend, as they would have said in school assembly if Skype had existed then, is very good indeed.

Skype’s website has all sorts of ways to remind you about the virtues of sharing Skype, and my favourites are the Nice Little Movies that reveal just how good sharing can be. After all, as Skype points out, sharing is how babies are made…