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oldmanwinters
05-10-2011, 04:23 PM
$8.5 Billion for a service that doesn't actually make any money?
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/microsoft-buys-skype-8-5-billion-cash-deal-181237725.html

Yikes...

From the horse's mouth:
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/may11/05-10CorpNewsPR.mspx

I'm guessing that this may put an end to free service and drive more people into Google chat.

Maybe Jester and I should hurry up and record all the TMNT Commentaries (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=33328) we wanna do before the window of opportunity closes!

Jester
05-10-2011, 04:27 PM
Wait...is Microsoft going to turn Skype into a pay service? Bogus!

oldmanwinters
05-10-2011, 04:33 PM
Wait...is Microsoft going to turn Skype into a pay service? Bogus!

I don't think that's been announced, but with Microsoft... is it ever really in doubt?

BubblyShell22
05-11-2011, 12:12 PM
I hope not because I have relatives who use Skype to chat with each other, so that would suck.