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:
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It's now official: http://mashable.com/2011/05/10/microsoft-acquires-skype/ On 10 May 2011 15:15, 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
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It is not exactly good news, Skype will remain a technology solution rather than a community tool eg Facebook or Twitter.
I doubt M$ can tamper with the $200 plus community behind skype. The community is the strength behind skype, without which its just another piece of software. M$ needs the existing user base to achieve market leadership, so I dont think they will dump free calls or other business services offered by skype anytime soon, afterall M$ already has their voip and video technologies, the only thing skye brings to the table is the huge user base --------------------------------------- Steve O: Software Developer www.sobbayi.com ----- "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
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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
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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
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Skype + Xbox Live = Legendary Results On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Daniel Kamau <kamau.daniel@gmail.com>wrote:
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
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"Microsoft Skype Division, formerly Skype Communications, S.à r.l., or Skype Limited, is the Luxembourg-based company that develops and operates the VoIP software Skype. It has its headquarters in Luxembourg City ..." That was fast On 5/10/11, Paul Kevin <paultitude@gmail.com> wrote:
Skype + Xbox Live = Legendary Results
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Daniel Kamau <kamau.daniel@gmail.com>wrote:
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:
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Am sure the guys at e-bay are furious...if they had waited just a little bit longer. On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com> wrote:
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Stale News! On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:05 AM, ndungu stephen <ndungustephen@gmail.com>wrote:
Late contributions:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/the-microsoft-skype-deal-what-might-ha...
http://guyism.com/lifestyle/microsoft-buys-skype-for-8-5b-why-you-should-act...
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Not to me it isnt,,, thats why I dug into the archives and re-read the email.. one man's meat,, another person's weed.
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