Microsoft to Buy Skype for$8.5 Billion

Microsoft might have lost a few
battles to Apple when to comes
to posting profits, but it still has
a lot of money to buy new
lucrative companies. This war
chest will allow it to invest
millions into search and other
online products, which are not
really what is making Microsoft
profits. Microsoft has bought
Skype for an estimated $8.5
Billion price tag.
Skype at the moment has over
145 million users but is still
losing money. Microsoft will
suddenly gain control of a very
popular tech service.
Why it makes sense for
Microsoft?
Microsoft is still dependent on
selling Windows OS and Office
software for revenues. They
have Bing search but it is not at
all a real competitor to Google. It
is also falling behind Apple and
Android when it comes to the
mobile phone market.
Buying Skype will give Microsoft
a straight forward advantage in
the voice calls and internet chat
market. This will give Google
headaches with their Google
Voice service.
Microsoft also indirectly gains a
lot of new users on Skype which
can be used to direct them to
other related services by
Microsoft for higher revenues.
What are your views? Do you
think Microsoft will make Skype a
better product or will it ruin it?
Do drop in your comments.