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I see so many things wrong with this. Non Windows users be damned. I can already see them drop support for Linux. And while I think that they will keep the Android version for now, most likely, all new features and improvements will be for the Winphone version.
When I said Linux, I was referring to the desktop version of it. For them, desktop Linux users are just a blip on the radar. Android has a too big of a user base to ignore.
Well, it doesn't really suck that bad ,... but Ebay could have made several billions. Instead, they'll make something like 2 billion, less taxes.
Ebay bought Skype for $2.5 Bill back in 2005. Then didn't do anything with it and let it languish for a few years. Then sold 65% ownership to a private group for something like $1.6 bill. So they'll only make money on their 35% ownership while the private group makes more.
Lets hope it turns out better then their purchase of aQuantive.......
I agree with the "idiot Ballmer" jab,....
but I can see where Skype could be used to immediately complement Microsoft technologies- onlne meetings (instead of Webex or Breeze and the phone) for it's corporate clients and extend its use to Xbox Kinect platform for home users. And don't forget the installed base of Windows.
Didn't Nokia and Microsoft just sign a deal? In the smartphone business, they both seem to be on the outside looking in. Buying Skype might be the missing piece towards competing head-on with the Iphone, Blackberry and even the Android-based phones.
but I can see where Skype could be used to immediately complement Microsoft technologies- onlne meetings (instead of Webex or Breeze and the phone) for it's corporate clients and extend its use to Xbox Kinect platform for home users. And don't forget the installed base of Windows.
I've heard experts say that Skype is a disruptive technology in secure networking environments. The main gripe I recall is that it bypasses proxy restrictions by simulating Port 80 (web-browsing) traffic. Given how many buttoned-up enterprise customers Microsoft has, I can't imagine those folks will be too thrilled to see it supported in, for instance, Office or on the Server platforms.
I've heard experts say that Skype is a disruptive technology in secure networking environments. The main gripe I recall is that it bypasses proxy restrictions by simulating Port 80 (web-browsing) traffic. Given how many buttoned-up enterprise customers Microsoft has, I can't imagine those folks will be too thrilled to see it supported in, for instance, Office or on the Server platforms.
That's true. I never trusted Skype because of all the holes and security risks. But sometime in the future, it will be an "official Microsoft product", not just "some voip product from developers in Estonia". Heck, they may still be in Estonia, but it'll be Microsft Estonia.
I'm guessing the technical hurdle here will be that Skype is peer-to-peer, not client-server centric. But, I'm sure Microsoft has billions more to address that.
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