Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Microsoft wants skype???

     Today, Microsoft announced that they would like to have a piece of Skype. This can go two ways, One they keep prices low and keep customers happy or they raise the price and make everyone mad. Skype is very cheap to make calls, with only $60 a year for unlimited minutes and a custom phone number and over 10 million subscribers, they want to see what a bit of funding can do. This will greatly affect the outcome of the company in a few months. I do not agree with the buy over unless they really need the money. If they need the money it will help them but for now they are just fine the way they are from the public standpoint. They have the user base and the money to basically become the next Google but of the talk industry. Many users already have switched over to Skype by only having the internet on their phone and getting the plan on the side. Microsoft already has their own cellphone system and the failed Zune attempt. Microsoft will never fall down and crumble because of the people who use a computer that runs on Microsoft. Microsoft can make Skype a failed plan if they need to crumble the company to gain domination in the voice industry to compete with Google Talk and Voice. Skype looks like they are interested but after what happened to Nokia they Wonder why Microsoft has a special interest in them.

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