Comment on Why Microsoft is Buying Skype for $8 Billion by Jeff

Really need to change that title to "Why Microsoft is wasting $8 billion". Honestly, some times this game of "tech keep away" means that smaller companies end up in the hands of giants which pretty much squander their talent and make the company disappear. I'd really like to see how spending $500 million on Danger turned out for Microsoft. It's MUCH more likely they'd rather kill Skype than to see Google or Facebook get their hands on it, and that's a real shame. Facebook would likely integrate it into their website even more (but I'd really hate that as I hate Facebook now). Google would FINALLY integrate a VoIP solution with Google Voice so telcos can shove it up their collective rear-ends. I'd just like these type of acquisitions to actually benefit the consumers for a change instead of wondering how they'll gracefully degrade services for anything but their own integrated products.

Comment on Why Microsoft is Buying Skype for $8 Billion by Jeff

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