so there are jokes doing rounds in the office that M$ should go ahead and buy Toyota .... SMH On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
You can accuse Microsoft of many things but stupidity is not one of them.
No one in their right mind will charge for Skype.
No one in their right mind would kill the Golden goose. Skype is a strategic acquisition and it makes no sense to arbitrarily limit a tool that runs on most platforms to a single one.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:15 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd < kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
Have no doubt about this, Microsoft has the potential to give OTT (Over the Top ) Players a major boost. I think mobile operators have a reason to worry.
I also expect Gtalk to pick up rapidly as in no time M$ will lock up skype for all phones bar Win7. It wont be free for long. I also expect skype to be bundled with Bing, so google will have to respond to this.
It is not exactly good news, Skype will remain a technology solution rather than a community tool eg Facebook or Twitter.
"Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes" .....
Kiania D
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/09/microsoft-rumored-to-be-buying-skype-for-...
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