Microsoft Serious About VoIP · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Zonk on Saturday July 2, 2005 @08:21AM from the because-they-have-dalliances-all-the-time dept.

VoIPluvr writes "Microsoft, is quietly turning into a voice-over-IP powerhouse. It all started with the launch of its Microsoft Live Communication Server. Bill Gates says, 'Communicating in a better way has a huge impact for business,' and he states that he wants Microsoft to marry the PC, the cell phone and the desk phone. Recently, Microsoft teamed up with VoIP companies like Sylantro to offer hosted IP-PBX services, and now is rumored to have bought Teleo, a small VoIP company based in San Francisco. Microsoft's dominance on the desktop is helping the company extend its reach into the fast growing VoIP business, thus putting it in direct competition with the likes of Cisco. Teleo, for instance could help the company compete more effectively with the likes of Yahoo and Skype."

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FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-02 08:22 · Score: -1, Troll

oh snap
MICROSOFT is SPYING on you!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-02 08:42 · Score: -1, Troll

EVERTHING you open or look at is logged into tmp files or stored in user.dat files.
THEY have back doors written just for the NSA to break into your PC.
THEY are not happy with what you type.. they want to record everything you say on the phone as well.
NEXT they will want to implant chips in your head!