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Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion

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May 10, 2011 11:10 AM
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/10/microsofts-acquisition-of-skype-for-8-5-billion-becomes-offici/
Skype will support Microsoft devices like Xbox and Kinect, Windows Phone and a wide array of Windows devices, and Microsoft will connect Skype users with Lync, Outlook, Xbox Live and other communities. Microsoft will continue to invest in and support Skype clients on non-Microsoft platforms.
I think this could end up being a good move for them. Skype on Xbox with connect and on Windows Phone for consumers but also Skype integration with Outlook contacts for enterprise users and such.
May 10, 2011 11:10am
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Nick Mangold

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May 10, 2011 11:15 AM
The OC was going to buy it but I could only muster $6.5 billion.
May 10, 2011 11:15am
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May 10, 2011 11:18 AM
Should have either started charging for this piece of crap earlier or offered them a cut of all future vCash. I'm sure that would have been too much for them to ignore.
May 10, 2011 11:18am
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O-Trap

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May 10, 2011 12:25 PM
justincredible;764014 wrote:The OC was going to buy it but I could only muster $6.5 billion.

Too many dollars on strippers. Bites you in the ass every time.
May 10, 2011 12:25pm
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gorocks99

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May 10, 2011 1:01 PM
Strippers that bite you in the ass every time are considerably more expensive.
May 10, 2011 1:01pm
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Nick Mangold

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May 10, 2011 1:05 PM
gorocks99;764090 wrote:Strippers that bite you in the ass every time are considerably more expensive.

Ain't that the truth.
May 10, 2011 1:05pm
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O-Trap

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May 10, 2011 6:10 PM
gorocks99;764090 wrote:Strippers that bite you in the ass every time are considerably more expensive.

Precisely. If justin hadn't fed that fetish of his, he could probably have afforded it.
May 10, 2011 6:10pm