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Microsoft Buying Skype for $8.5B

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the zomg-avalanche dept.

Approximately one trillion readers wrote in to tell us that there is a big rumor that Microsoft is buying Skype. This follows an earlier rumor that the suitor was Facebook. Unsurprisingly many people are already wondering what it would mean for Linux users of the popular VoIP platform. Many major publications are running versions of the story.

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  1. Re:Alternatives? by binarylarry · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Google Voice is pretty nice, gmail has an integrated client.

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  2. Re:Grants Ballmer by localman57 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There are dozens of decent VoIP apps out there

    Due to the network effect, Skype has an effective monopoly on free phone service. While the barrier to entry in this market is technically low, in the real world filled with real users it's probably insurmountable.

    Yeah. It's lilke MySpace. I sure wish something would come along to improve on MySpace. But hey, what ya gonna do? They're entrenched.