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FTC Approves Microsoft's Takeover of Skype

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-all-yours dept.

BigCorona writes "The US Federal Trade Commission said that it has approved Microsoft's $8.5 billion cash takeover of voice and video-over-IP provider Skype. Microsoft officially announced its intent to acquire Skype back on May 10 and since then users have been taking to Twitter to blame Microsoft for Skype's intermittent service. Now, with Reuters reporting that there has been antitrust approval of the deal, users will be able to turn to Microsoft when asking questions of Skype's sometimes-spotty service."

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  1. So.... the change is.... by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    instead of not getting an answer from Skype we're now going to get no answer from MS?

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  2. Re:"Preemptive" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    The comma placement gives that statement an air of non-sequitur, bananas.

  3. Re:Skype's lifespan? by RotateLeftByte · · Score: 1, Funny

    And be only availabe with the Windows Ultimate edition thus forcing users into an expensive upgrade.
    They have to get that whole shed load of money back somehow don't they?

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