Comments on: Steve Ballmer & Tony Bates Talk About Skype-Microsoft Deal http://gigaom.com/2011/05/10/steve-ballmer-tony-bates-talk-about-skype-microsoft-deal/ Sat, 25 May 2013 04:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: michael Travis carothers http://gigaom.com/2011/05/10/steve-ballmer-tony-bates-talk-about-skype-microsoft-deal/#comment-623498 Wed, 11 May 2011 19:04:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=342646#comment-623498 I accept this courageous venture for the ultimate prosperity of all peoples of this great planet. May the force be with us!

]]> By: DNN http://gigaom.com/2011/05/10/steve-ballmer-tony-bates-talk-about-skype-microsoft-deal/#comment-623444 Wed, 11 May 2011 16:15:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=342646#comment-623444 Microsoft is going to clean house on getting that long xXx $ gUaPeY $ , now that they have Skype under their belt. Talk about Cam’ron of Dipset & Microsoft keeping the “puters puting”…lol

]]> By: Mark smith http://gigaom.com/2011/05/10/steve-ballmer-tony-bates-talk-about-skype-microsoft-deal/#comment-623400 Wed, 11 May 2011 13:38:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=342646#comment-623400 Consider O365 at http://office365.microsoft.com. Integrating video conferencing with voice conferencing in the Enterprise Technology market is a win. O365 will save money and extend the existing Operating systems.

]]> By: Aseem http://gigaom.com/2011/05/10/steve-ballmer-tony-bates-talk-about-skype-microsoft-deal/#comment-623305 Wed, 11 May 2011 06:01:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=342646#comment-623305 For Ballmer it is desparate & for Tony heroic :)

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/2011/05/10/steve-ballmer-tony-bates-talk-about-skype-microsoft-deal/#comment-623238 Tue, 10 May 2011 23:30:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=342646#comment-623238 I lived in Bellevue for a few years, and was always surprised Ballmer didn’t get more criticism for his leadership of MS over the last handful of years. I give him and his team credit for the splurge. Skype, oddly enough, reminds me of one of their programs, with all the issues I’ve had with it over the last year. :-)

]]> By: AK http://gigaom.com/2011/05/10/steve-ballmer-tony-bates-talk-about-skype-microsoft-deal/#comment-623155 Tue, 10 May 2011 18:42:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=342646#comment-623155 Wi-Fi

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2011/05/10/steve-ballmer-tony-bates-talk-about-skype-microsoft-deal/#comment-623099 Tue, 10 May 2011 16:00:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=342646#comment-623099 Skype has had the chance to land on every mobile phone, but they’ve crippled their client in most cases to do deals with carriers (Verizon) when the carriers had little leverage with them.

How will Microsoft have more leverage to deliver the full range of Skype features (e.g., VOIP calls over 3G) when carriers can hold WP7 hostage?

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2011/05/10/steve-ballmer-tony-bates-talk-about-skype-microsoft-deal/#comment-623097 Tue, 10 May 2011 15:57:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=342646#comment-623097 A few others that added to the company:
Forethought
Exos
Rare
Farecast

]]> By: AK http://gigaom.com/2011/05/10/steve-ballmer-tony-bates-talk-about-skype-microsoft-deal/#comment-623095 Tue, 10 May 2011 15:49:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=342646#comment-623095 This is not just about MS. Acquisitions in general are very hard to make them work. But I think MS have their chance. I would not be surprised if this is an heroic move from Ballmer (at last???). Think about Skype coming de facto on every WP7 phones and on every PC. Think about that user base. Automatically more than 1 billion people. This could be huge if properly executed. Apple’s FaceTime looks tiny in comparison…

]]> By: Jeff http://gigaom.com/2011/05/10/steve-ballmer-tony-bates-talk-about-skype-microsoft-deal/#comment-623072 Tue, 10 May 2011 14:47:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=342646#comment-623072 With the exception of Bungie and Hotmail, I can’t think of any Microsoft acquisitions that have improved the company as a whole.

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