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Title: Microsoft in Talks to Acquire Skype for $8.5 Billion
Source: NY Times
URL Source: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/05 ... uire-skype-for-8-5-billion/?hp
Published: May 10, 2011
Author: NY Times
Post Date: 2011-05-10 01:59:06 by go65
Keywords: None
Views: 2021
Comments: 8

Microsoft is in advanced talks to acquire Skype, which revolutionized telephone calls over the Internet, for $8.5 billion, including the assumption of debt, according to people involved in the negotiations.

A deal is expected to be announced Tuesday morning, these people said, although they cautioned that the talks could still fall apart. A spokesman for Skype declined to comment, and calls to Microsoft were not returned.

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#2. To: go65 (#0)

I was wondering who was going to buy Skype. Now we know.

jwpegler  posted on  2011-05-10   10:17:10 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: jwpegler (#2)

it's official, seems like a massive over-payment.

go65  posted on  2011-05-10   11:33:48 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: go65 (#3)

seems like a massive over-payment.

They did overpay, but Microsoft needed this.

Microsoft is a dominant player in the enterprise, but other than XBOX and Kinect (which is so cool), they are nowhere in the consumer space.

They plan on integrating Skype with XBOX / Kinect, Windows Phone, MSN Messenger, and their corporate products like Lync (corporate IM and VOIP), Office, etc.

Microsoft is starting to do the right things in the consumer space. XBOX is one of the three big players in games. Kinect is the coolest product to hit the market in years. Nokia is going to start using Windows Phone 7 for its smartphone products. Now, they've bought Skype.

They are still a long way behind Apple and Google as a consumer brand. But they are in a far better position than they were a year ago.

jwpegler  posted on  2011-05-10   21:32:03 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: jwpegler (#4)

They are still a long way behind Apple and Google as a consumer brand. But they are in a far better position than they were a year ago.

agreed - especially overseas.

now if they only stop worrying about making everything Windows-centric.

go65  posted on  2011-05-10   21:35:32 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#6. To: go65 (#5) (Edited)

now if they only stop worrying about making everything Windows- centric.

Skype brings that to the table too -- they are cross platform.

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