Uploaded by sal64london on May 10, 2011
Microsoft has agreed to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker's 36-year history.
Buying Skype would give Microsoft a potentially valuable communications tool as it tries to make a bigger splash on the Internet and become a bigger force in the increasingly important smartphone market.
The sellers include eBay and private equity firms Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz.
Skype boasts about 663 million users worldwide. According to regulatory documents, Skype users made 207 billion minutes of voice and video calls last year.
Most people use Skype's free calling services, which has made it difficult for the service to make money since entrepreneurs Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis started the company in 2003.
http://www.wkrg.com/technology/article/microsoft-buys-skype-for-8.5b/1206807/...
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No problem! I also would avoid certain hardware, like Intel. Many of the chips are made in Israel. I use AMD chipsets which are fabricated by GlobalFoundries either in Germany, Singapore or the US.
takotheoktopus 9 months ago
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ne sais pas encore mon frère, mais Microsoft a acheté le skype
sal64london 9 months ago
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@sal64london salam alikoum
esk cela veut dire que skype sera payant???
haragas02 9 months ago
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مايكروسوفت توافق على شراء سكايب
sal64london 9 months ago
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There are alternatives to Microsoft software. Use Linux OS's like Ubuntu and Ekiga VOIP software, or even the built in VOIP service in Gmail.
takotheoktopus 9 months ago
@takotheoktopus Thanks for that info :)
sal64london 9 months ago
It's not a good news, skype will not be free anymore!
brahim2005 9 months ago
@brahim2005 yes brother you are right :(
sal64london 9 months ago