M$ Buys Skype for 8.5B

[Tx Redneck]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42967056/ns/business-us_business/

Microsoft Corp plans to buy Internet phone service Skype for $8.5 billion in its biggest-ever acquisition, placing a rich bet on mobile and the Internet to try to best rivals such as Google Inc.

There goes the cross platform development, ie Skype for Android, Mac...

[mstng86]

I saw that. It should be interesting. I wonder how it will affect the folks in the military who use it right now.

[roliath]

Just because the big bad M$ bought skype doesn't mean its bad "YET".
I really want to see if they integrate this with Lync.