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Skype's Sale As Media Feint
ansak writes "Bob Cringely's latest article shows evidence that some aspects of the 90s bubble are indeed back: Why would Rupert Murdoch think of paying $3billion for a mostly free online service like Skype? But his last line shows a keen understanding of Murdoch's skills and methods: 'By putting Skype in play, he distracts for no money at all most of the major media companies. And while they try to figure out how to respond to VoIP, old Rupert will be attacking them on some completely other front. He'll be stealing their shoes.'"
Fuck I just got new sneakers...
By putting Skype in[to] play, he distracts[,] for no money at all[,] most of the major media companies.
It's just comma's. Not a bit deal.
To call his son when he moves to Australia.
I for one welcome our new shoe stealing overlords!
Now that Rupert Murdoch owns it, what are users to expect ? Well, since Rupert is a member of the trilateral commission, council on foreign relations and travels to Bohemian Grove every summer (where he probably jacks off in a coffin, pleasing his owl master,) we should naturally expect Skype to be infiltrated with secret hooks/backdoors for the CIA/foreign intelligence services, or any close personal friends of this bastard.
Good thing it's not open source.
You can put something in play, just like you can set a plan in motion.
And as, for your obsession, with commas, I see you hail, from the James T. Kirk, school of oration.
Oh and it's just comma's what? But that's not a bit deal.