Comments on: Microsoft Gets VoIP Serious http://gigaom.com/2005/11/03/microsoft-gets-voip-serious/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:35:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Niklas http://gigaom.com/2005/11/03/microsoft-gets-voip-serious/#comment-31601 Niklas Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:00:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/03/microsoft-gets-voip-serious/#comment-31601 <p>Folks, Microsoft continues to buy VoIP companies - after Teleo this summer, MS bought Swiss VoIP company (Media-streams.com) last week. What do you think would be Skype's value if MS (or Google) buys GIPS (current voice engine provider to Skype)?</p> Folks, Microsoft continues to buy VoIP companies – after Teleo this summer, MS bought Swiss VoIP company (Media-streams.com) last week. What do you think would be Skype’s value if MS (or Google) buys GIPS (current voice engine provider to Skype)?

]]> By: Paul Jardine http://gigaom.com/2005/11/03/microsoft-gets-voip-serious/#comment-31599 Paul Jardine Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:04:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/03/microsoft-gets-voip-serious/#comment-31599 <p>Things might get interesting if Cisco bought one of the others (Yahoo, Google or Ebay), or one of them bought Cisco. Stranger things are happening! But seriously, I don't think it would be a good idea for any of the big 4 to 'cross the line' into putting the pipes together. The line may become more blurred though.</p> Things might get interesting if Cisco bought one of the others (Yahoo, Google or Ebay), or one of them bought Cisco. Stranger things are happening! But seriously, I don’t think it would be a good idea for any of the big 4 to ‘cross the line’ into putting the pipes together. The line may become more blurred though.

]]> By: Jake http://gigaom.com/2005/11/03/microsoft-gets-voip-serious/#comment-31585 Jake Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:32:50 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/03/microsoft-gets-voip-serious/#comment-31585 <p>The Microsoft-vs-Cisco is interesting.</p> <p>Moving out of the PC and extending applications onto the network while Cisco tries to move out of their boxes and into applications will be an interesting conflict.</p> The Microsoft-vs-Cisco is interesting.

Moving out of the PC and extending applications onto the network while Cisco tries to move out of their boxes and into applications will be an interesting conflict.

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