Microsoft buys Skype

[stinkcat_14]

I will let someone here who is smarter than me tells us whether or not this deal makes sense. All I know is that ebay overpaid at a lot lower price. On the other hand, it might be good to have both Microsoft and Google going after each other in the voice and video applications market.

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[bbarrick8383]

With the IPhone/IPad propelling Apple past Google, I’m thinking Apple will start to see their laptops dominate Microsoft based machines.

I’m wondering if Microsofts scrambling to stay in the game with this purchase. Be interesting to see what, if any, new technology comes from this.

 

[logic_oriented]

Given how well the Kinect has been selling, I can see how MS could put together some nice TV video chat integration.

 

[bbarrick8383]

Given how well the Kinect has been selling, I can see how MS could put together some nice TV video chat integration.

Yep, you can already video chat with the Kinect, but it would be neatto tie in Kinect video chat with Skype so Skype users could video chat with Kinect users.

 

[Catholic90]

With the IPhone/IPad propelling Apple past Google, I’m thinking Apple will start to see their laptops dominate Microsoft based machines.

I’m wondering if Microsoft’s scrambling to stay in the game with this purchase. Be interesting to see what, if any, new technology comes from this.

I was a staunch Windows fan…I now really, REALLY prefer Apple. Two of my sons have Apple laptops for school, and the other has a Windows…the Windows has tons more problems. The Apples have had none.