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Skype's Sale As Media Feint

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the keep-them-guessing dept.

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.'"

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  1. A Modest Suggestion for Skype IP-owners... by ivi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Before you talk to Rupert, why not quietly
      license Skype's source code under -another-
      name as OSS, so as to preclude loss of the
      Skype tradition & to give the OSS communi-
      ty the chance to finish the job or at least
      extract the Skype protocols & create some
      -interoperable- software.