On 5/10/11 3:00 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:

> On 5/10/2011 5:38 PM, Ed Leafe wrote:

>> Now that Microsoft is buying them...

>>

>> http://m.friendfeed-media.com/3ec7a3d3fb2baf3e341f55ec6835ffe38fa8aec0

>>

>

>

> LOL!!! So...is this acquisition a good thing in your opinion?

A very good thing, for Skype Management and top shareholders that get the -hello-

$8.5 Billion.

Microsoft's track record with online acquisitions sucks, and so I have a hunch a

chunk of Skype's user base will go elsewhere pretty much immediately, at least the

Mac and Linux base, which leaves Microsoft with the executives and grandmas, not the

in-tech young crowd.

It is probably good for the telecommunications industry: now something better than

Skype will just have to come around and take control, because we can't leave this to

Microsoft.

Unless they were to open-source it, and commit to the Mac, Linux, IOS, Android, etc.

platforms...

...what do you think? Personally I think Microsoft is going to crash Skype into the

ocean, whether they intend to or not. At least with Ballmer at the helm.

;)

Paul

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