Microsoft buys Skype for $US8.5bn

[Rod Speed]

no one wrote:

whats actually got me beat , is how will microsoft make a profit ? from skype ?

For the charges for the use of some services, most obviously with skype-out calls to normal phone lines.

isnt it free software ?

Yes, but not all the services are free.

microsoft wouldnt pay that much for skype anyways,

Corse they did.

they just inflated the price for a tax dodge,.........................

Try telling that to the operation they bought it from.

Dont be too surprised when they just laugh in your face.

Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote

Microsoft buys Skype for $US8.5bn

MICROSOFT agreed to buy internet phone company Skype Technologies for
$US8.5 billion ($7.8bn) in cash — the most aggressive move yet by
Microsoft to play in the increasingly converged worlds of
communication, information and entertainment.

The deal will let Microsoft "be more ambitious, do more things,"
chief executive Steve Ballmer said in an interview.

The software giant was motivated to acquire Skype because
communication technologies have been "the backbone" of Microsoft's
growth in recent years and that Skype has "built a real business" in
the communications field, said Mr Ballmer.

Full Story:
http://www.godzillaseamonkey.com/microsoft-buys-skype-for-us8-5bn/

 

[Gagi-9a6aag]

"Don McKenzie" <5V@2.5A> wrote

One thing I do use daily, in fact almost hourly, is the Skype messaging
system to my two daughters, from one end of Australia to the other. Does
this mean I will need to find an alternative?

no Don, dont worry...

main idea from MS is to overtake that slice of pie that Skype is taking in
front of MS nose...
Skype have around 20-25 MILLIONS of daily users...and more then 50 millions
of users that are logging on within 24 hours....total number of Skype users
are aprox 5 to 10 times more then that...
now, what was the actual point of buying them....simple; by buying
Skype...they did literally buy aprox 300 millions of people who will be
"annoyed" with advertisements by Microsoft now, since all of such
applications are invaded with tons of pop ups and little advertising
banners, like; "buy your Win7 licence NOW" (btw, what does Win "licence"
even means?!?!never heard in my vocabulary ) )...beside that...rest of
credits and payment income from traffic will go to MS as well...and 3rd
thing is implementing Skype into Windows OS as default alternative to their
MSN...
MS is very probably very aware that "converting" heterosexuals to become a
gay over night is mission impossible...so as converting Skype users to MSN
users...but they will probably try to put some restrictions and alternative
will became MSN...finally...everyone will use MSN....or Skype will remain as
Skype but will be trashed with MS certifications, payment methods,
prices..etc..etc...


however...dont be desperate...there is ALWAYS alternative to Skype as
well...you can use with pretty much the same interface so called Trillian
application client that is even compatible with Skype friend lists...not
sure about that...but i remember long time ago i was doing some
synchronizing...blah,blah...not sure..have to test it...

http://www.trillian.im/

and there is also a bit fensy look of Yahoo Messenger
http://messenger.yahoo.com/ that is also able to to operate as IP phone so
as normal voice chat client....and chat /web cam as well, sending
SMS...etc.....i liked it a lot long time ago....but skype is
skype....ultimate one

finally...if all goes wrong...you can always put some dipole and take out
some 100W radio out of your basement or attic and heat it up )
well..maybe even wired cans can be solution if the distance is not to
long....but to be sure you can use one of oldest methods to communicate;
smoke signals or even better; "pigeons" )

 

[Gagi-9a6aag]

"no one" <krawczuk@adam.com.au> wrote in message
news:47edndw-4-08vlbQnZ2dnUVZ_qGdnZ2d@adnap.net.au...

whats actually got me beat , is how will microsoft make a profit ? from
skype ? isnt it free software ?

microsoft wouldnt pay that much for skype anyways , they just inflated the
price for a tax dodge,.........................

well..profite isnt where you think it is...
they didnt buy SKYPE system...they bought USERS of Skype...

"think out of the box"

 

[no one]

mmm did a bit of reasearch, skype been makin losses.. so who would buy a
company that been makin losses ?
skypes last year profit 860 million , and dropping..

Most people use Skype's free calling services, which has made it difficult
for the service to make money since entrepreneurs Niklas Zennstrom and Janus
Friis started the company in 2003. An average of about 8.8 million customers
per month, or JUST OVER 1 percent of the user base, pay to use Skype
services.



looks like they be laughing in YOUR FACE.


"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:930t2vFiqmU1@mid.individual.net...

no one wrote:

whats actually got me beat , is how will microsoft make a profit ? from
skype ?

For the charges for the use of some services, most obviously with
skype-out calls to normal phone lines.

isnt it free software ?

Yes, but not all the services are free.

microsoft wouldnt pay that much for skype anyways,

Corse they did.

they just inflated the price for a tax dodge,.........................

Try telling that to the operation they bought it from.

Dont be too surprised when they just laugh in your face.


Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote

Microsoft buys Skype for $US8.5bn

MICROSOFT agreed to buy internet phone company Skype Technologies for
$US8.5 billion ($7.8bn) in cash - the most aggressive move yet by
Microsoft to play in the increasingly converged worlds of
communication, information and entertainment.

The deal will let Microsoft "be more ambitious, do more things,"
chief executive Steve Ballmer said in an interview.

The software giant was motivated to acquire Skype because
communication technologies have been "the backbone" of Microsoft's
growth in recent years and that Skype has "built a real business" in
the communications field, said Mr Ballmer.

Full Story:
http://www.godzillaseamonkey.com/microsoft-buys-skype-for-us8-5bn/

 

[Don McKenzie]

On 11-May-11 6:24 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:

http://www.overclockers.com.au/pic.php?pic=images/newspics/skypenet.jpg

Cheers Don...

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[Rod Speed]

no one wrote:

mmm did a bit of reasearch, skype been makin losses.. so who would buy a company that been makin losses ?

Someone who doesnt want their main competition to get it.

skypes last year profit 860 million , and dropping..

They actually made a loss last year.

Most people use Skype's free calling services,

Irrelevant to who uses the services that arent free like skype-out

which has made it difficult for the service to make money since entrepreneurs Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis started
the company in 2003.

Someone has just made $8B out of it.

An average of about 8.8 million customers per month, or JUST OVER 1 percent of the user base, pay to use Skype
services.

That last is what matters profit wise.

looks like they be laughing in YOUR FACE.

Then you need go get new glasses, BAD.

Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
no one wrote

whats actually got me beat , is how will microsoft make a profit ? from skype ?

For the charges for the use of some services, most obviously with skype-out calls to normal phone lines.

isnt it free software ?

Yes, but not all the services are free.

microsoft wouldnt pay that much for skype anyways,

Corse they did.

they just inflated the price for a tax dodge,.........................

Try telling that to the operation they bought it from.

Dont be too surprised when they just laugh in your face.

Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote

Microsoft buys Skype for $US8.5bn

MICROSOFT agreed to buy internet phone company Skype Technologies
for $US8.5 billion ($7.8bn) in cash - the most aggressive move yet
by Microsoft to play in the increasingly converged worlds of
communication, information and entertainment.

The deal will let Microsoft "be more ambitious, do more things,"
chief executive Steve Ballmer said in an interview.

The software giant was motivated to acquire Skype because
communication technologies have been "the backbone" of Microsoft's
growth in recent years and that Skype has "built a real business"
in the communications field, said Mr Ballmer.

Full Story:
http://www.godzillaseamonkey.com/microsoft-buys-skype-for-us8-5bn/

 

[Gagi-9a6aag]

"Don McKenzie" <5V@2.5A> wrote in message
news:931he9FqinU1@mid.individual.net...

On 11-May-11 6:24 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:

http://www.overclockers.com.au/pic.php?pic=images/newspics/skypenet.jpg

isnt "skynet" name of some company from movie, with story where they will
produce some shit that will overtake control over itself and will destroy
entire civilization...something like Terminator?!? )

 

[Don McKenzie]

On 12-May-11 7:48 PM, Gagi-9a6aag wrote:

"Don McKenzie"<5V@2.5A> wrote in message
news:931he9FqinU1@mid.individual.net...
On 11-May-11 6:24 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:

http://www.overclockers.com.au/pic.php?pic=images/newspics/skypenet.jpg



isnt "skynet" name of some company from movie, with story where they will
produce some shit that will overtake control over itself and will destroy
entire civilization...something like Terminator?!? )

spot on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_%28Terminator%29

yes that must be Micro$oft


Cheers Don...

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"I'd buy that for a Dollar!".

 

[Gagi-9a6aag]

"Don McKenzie" <5V@2.5A> wrote

spot on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_%28Terminator%29

yes that must be Micro$oft

OMFG...i was right...
so that means this is the beginning of the end of the world...

TRIVIA:
"In the first movie, Skynet is described as being a revolutionary artificial
intelligence system built by....>>>Microsoft<<<...Skynet "saw all humans as
a threat; not just the ones on the other side," and "decided our fate in a
microsecond: extermination." Skynet began a nuclear war which destroyed most
of the human population, and initiated a program of genocide against the
survivors."

hahahaha ))))))

 

[Ian Field]

"son of a bitch" <bitchin_2008@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:4dcb15d1$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...

On 2011/05/12 03:24, F Murtz wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
On 2011/05/11 06:24, Don McKenzie wrote:
Microsoft buys Skype for $US8.5bn

MICROSOFT agreed to buy internet phone company Skype Technologies for
$US8.5 billion ($7.8bn) in cash — the most aggressive move yet by
Microsoft to play in the increasingly converged worlds of
communication,
information and entertainment.

The deal will let Microsoft "be more ambitious, do more things," chief
executive Steve Ballmer said in an interview.

The software giant was motivated to acquire Skype because communication
technologies have been "the backbone" of Microsoft's growth in recent
years and that Skype has "built a real business" in the communications
field, said Mr Ballmer.

Full Story:
http://www.godzillaseamonkey.com/microsoft-buys-skype-for-us8-5bn/

Cheers Don...

=======================


Another case of: If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em, if you can't buy 'em
destroy 'em.


Looks like google will have to start their own free service because I
bet microsoft won't let android use it.

It's kinda funny 'cause....

People use Skype because they 'ates Microshit, so now...

In the days of electromechanical exchanges you could rip the wires out the
phone and stick them in the mains socket.

 

[Mickel]

On 11/05/11 8:06 PM, Krypsis wrote:

I use Skype to communicate with friends worldwide. Looks like I will be
looking for an alternative. There are some open source alternatives
about but I've had no experience with these - yet...

I'd wait to see what happens. I switched over to Apple because I got
sick of MS but have found that apple are quite simply a dishonest
company. MS aren't really that bad.

Krypsis

 

[Sunny]

"Mickel" <mickel@nospam.com> wrote in message
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On 11/05/11 8:06 PM, Krypsis wrote:
I use Skype to communicate with friends worldwide. Looks like I will be
looking for an alternative. There are some open source alternatives
about but I've had no experience with these - yet...

I'd wait to see what happens. I switched over to Apple because I got
sick of MS but have found that apple are quite simply a dishonest
company. MS aren't really that bad.

Anyone know how to stop Skype from "Auto updating" ?
I can't find a setting to stop it.

 

[Petzl]

On Sat, 14 May 2011 10:09:10 +1000, Mickel <mickel@nospam.com> wrote:

On 11/05/11 8:06 PM, Krypsis wrote:
I use Skype to communicate with friends worldwide. Looks like I will be
looking for an alternative. There are some open source alternatives
about but I've had no experience with these - yet...

I'd wait to see what happens. I switched over to Apple because I got
sick of MS but have found that apple are quite simply a dishonest
company. MS aren't really that bad.

Not usually to buy the first of. Google will have their operating

System for sale June 15th
http://www.google.com/chromebook/features.html
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All simply conicidence? The very fact we exist is nothing but the result of a complex yet inevitable string of chemical accidents and biological mutations?
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[Jasen Betts]

On 2011-05-14, Sunny <wombathouse> wrote:

Anyone know how to stop Skype from "Auto updating" ?

perhaps install it on read-only media.

else use the linux version.

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[LarbGai]

On May 11, 10:06 pm, Krypsis <kryp...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

Hosted by LarbGai and Goodsoldier, Dancing with the Stars saw
Internet
Idiots sashay onto the dance floor to compete for the prized mirror
ball trophy.


Past winners:


2005: Steve Kramer and partner Felicity Warbrooke
2006: Steve Kramer and partner Howard Aslan
2007: Steve Kramer and partner Justin
2008: Steve Kramer and partner Charlene Bronson
2009: Steve Kramer and partner Brian Anasta
2010 Krypsis partnered by the long suffering Australian Taxpayer.
2011 Krypsis and Dennis (the shouse) Mc.


You're in wonderful company Krypto, dance on for Larby.


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