Microsoft to buy Skype for $7 billion

Re:Microsoft to buy Skype for $7 billion by Luyt on Tuesday May 10, 2011 @01:08AM (#2531435)

"With $7B they should have just given away about 15 million Windows Mobile phones in the form of an epic PR stunt."

This instantly reminds me of the CueCat [1], which Wired sent out to half a million subscribers. I admit, a phone (even a WP7 one) could be a million times more useful than a CueCat ;-)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuecat [2] http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000037.html

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Re:Microsoft to buy Skype for $7 billion by ecoffey on Tuesday May 10, 2011 @01:21AM (#2531461)

Really interesting reading that Joel on Software now. Had me thinking of the Jimmy Fallon skit where someone held up a QR code in the background that I scanned with my phone, opened in mobile youtube, and I was watching more content.

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Re:Microsoft to buy Skype for $7 billion by shadowpwner on Tuesday May 10, 2011 @01:58AM (#2531539)

Off topic, but that was the one with Stephen Colbert singing Friday, correct?

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Re:Microsoft to buy Skype for $7 billion by ecoffey on Tuesday May 10, 2011 @04:58PM (#2534059)

Yes it was

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