I see the point you're making, Andrew, and it makes a lot of sense to me, especially in the area of WP7. From what I've been able to read (note, I have not experienced it myself... I don't have *any* SmartPhone) a lot of the complaints are that WP7 is not as "polished" as Apple's iPhone or the Android-based phones. This could, in theory, help with that. However, a lot will depend on how willing the wireless companies will be to have Skype running over their networks instead of making money on the voice services. I know most of the money seems (to me) to be made off the data services, so maybe they won't mind.
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft Buys Skype for 8.5 Billion in cash deal Google has made other significant acquisitions in the voice space in the past year. For Microsoft, I see integration opportunities for their Unified Communications push... ASB (Professional Bio) Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > No one, I maintain my stance that I don't see this as a good fit for > Microsoft. Both MSFT and GOOG had products in this space already (Windows Live Messenger or whatever it is now, and Google Talk or whatever it is now); I think they were both interested in Skype for the same reasons: Mindshare, customer base, perception, with tech secondary. And to keep others from getting it. Facebook doesn't really have much in this space and I could see them being interested for the tech. It would have saved them the trouble of developing their own voice/video system, in addition to buying a bunch of users. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
