Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5B

Darkman90808 · Post by **Darkman90808** » Tue May 10, 2011 8:32 am

Dammitall! Just as I was getting everything dialed in. I can't imagine this is going to be a good thing, but I'll entertain any thoughts to the contrary.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110510/ap_ ... soft_skype

bitstopjoe · Post by **bitstopjoe** » Tue May 10, 2011 8:33 am

Darkman90808 wrote:Dammitall! Just as I was getting everything dialed in. I can't imagine this is going to be a good thing, but I'll entertain any thoughts to the contrary.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110510/ap_ ... soft_skype

Hey it could always be worse, as they could have bought MJ instead!!

Darkman90808 · Post by **Darkman90808** » Wed May 11, 2011 9:45 am

Apparently I'm not the only one with concerns about what MS will do to Skype.

"Microsoft will destroy Skype almost instantly, the way they destroyed Hotmail and every other service they've acquired," commented a Twitterer by the name of GavinZy. A second Twitter user called aimersss agreed, adding, "How long do we give Skype before it, like anything Microsoft touches, starts to suck at life?"

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 82330.html

Darkman90808 · Post by **Darkman90808** » Wed May 11, 2011 6:31 pm

The company did pledge “to continue to invest in and support Skype clients on non-Microsoft platforms.” Right. Remember the pathetic drone from the movie Office Space? The sap who kept getting shunted around the building until he was finally banished to a desk in the basement? That’s the guy who’ll be working on the iPhone and Android versions of Skype at Microsoft.

We're doomed!

http://www.informationweek.com/news/glo ... /229500049

bitstopjoe · Post by **bitstopjoe** » Thu May 12, 2011 6:07 am

Darkman90808 wrote:The company did pledge “to continue to invest in and support Skype clients on non-Microsoft platforms.” Right. Remember the pathetic drone from the movie Office Space? The sap who kept getting shunted around the building until he was finally banished to a desk in the basement? That’s the guy who’ll be working on the iPhone and Android versions of Skype at Microsoft.

We're doomed!

http://www.informationweek.com/news/glo ... /229500049

Yes, but, will he have his red stapler?????

Darkman90808 · Post by **Darkman90808** » Thu May 12, 2011 11:45 am

Joe - you have the advantage on me. I'll have to watch the movie. I just know I'm with the 70% of the Skype users who expect this to not be a good thing.

bitstopjoe · Post by **bitstopjoe** » Thu May 12, 2011 1:39 pm

Oh I agree as I don't think anything good will come from it other than Google might see it as competition and keep GV free longer. OR, like private health care insurance companies after Obama-care takes hold, they may throw up their hands and say why bother..

genxweb · Post by **genxweb** » Thu May 12, 2011 1:48 pm

here is the new packaging that MS is using for Skype:

http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joya ... /1540.html

Darkman90808 · Post by **Darkman90808** » Thu May 12, 2011 6:00 pm

here is the new packaging that MS is using for Skype:

http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joya ... /1540.html

Excellent! lmao!!!

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