Why Microsoft bought Skype
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Why Microsoft bought Skype
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Re: Why Microsoft bought Skype
#2> Microsoft bought Skype to keep Google from buying Skype.
Except Google wouldn't buy Skype, according to a recent story: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/05/11/google.skype.wire...
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Re: Why Microsoft bought Skype
#3> Microsoft bought Skype to keep Google from buying Skype. Except Google wouldn't buy Skype, according to a recent story: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/05/11/google.skype.wire... ...?
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#4This is another attempt of Microsof to compete Apple and Google after tieing up with nokia for Windows Mobile phone.
Re: Why Microsoft bought Skype
#5> Microsoft bought Skype to keep Google from buying Skype. Except Google wouldn't buy Skype, according to a recent story: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/05/11/google.skype.wire... ...?
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#6He's expressing an opinion except his style is to state his opinion as fact without providing any evidence at all.
It's not worth reading.
Now if he had predicted this purchase, that would be different.
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#7Skype is the google of VoIP. I recently travelled to Brazil, and needed to make free calls to our US 1-800 number (vs R$18/Minute for the phone in the Blue Tree Marumbi in São Paulo). I had used google voice as a test a few months ago, and spent the better part of 5 minutes trying to figure out how to do it again - but failed - and I'm obviously highly technical. That suggests to me that 95% of your average community of people would not be able to use Google Voice, as it stands today, to make a phone call from Brazil to the United States.
Skype, on the other hand, made it numbingly obvious and about 2 minutes after typing "skype.com" I was making free international calls to US 1-800 numbers.
Purchasing Skype for Telecom is like purchasing Google for Search. You basically will be purchasing the market segment at this point. Lots of good reasons.
And $3.00/Month for unlimited calling to the United States - Wowza! Lots of room to grow fees there. :-)
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#8"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."
We didn't hear much ridicule from Ballmer in the last months.....
Re: Why Microsoft bought Skype
#9Skype is the google of VoIP. I recently travelled to Brazil, and needed to make free calls to our US 1-800 number (vs R$18/Minute for the phone in the Blue Tree Marumbi in São Paulo). I had used google voice as a test a few months ago, and spent the better part of 5 minutes trying to figure out how to do it again - but failed - and I'm obviously highly technical. That suggests to me that 95% of your average community…
Why did you fail with Google Voice?
You pay and then you call a number, what is the difference?
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