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Bill Gates Says He Encouraged Microsoft To Buy Skype

First Posted: 05/17/11 08:51 PM ET Updated: 07/17/11 06:12 AM ET

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Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates, has said he advocated the company's takeover of Skype, and urged other board members to support the move.

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Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates, has said he advocated the company's takeover of Skype, and urged other board members to support the move. ...
Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates, has said he advocated the company's takeover of Skype, and urged other board members to support the move. ...
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LeftInTheWest
End Prohibition AGAIN!
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04:45 PM on 05/20/2011
I know the Silverlake people are thrilled with the deal. However, Microsoft overpaid and the ROI will be many years away.
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Valerio della Porta
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01:27 PM on 05/18/2011
From the article: "It'll be fascinating to see how the brilliant ideas out of Microsoft research, coming together with Skype, what they can make of that."

Same as what they did in the last ten years: NOTHING!
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jsgaetano
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12:21 PM on 05/18/2011
It's a good move.
 
Unlike a lot of other stuff MS and Google and Cisco buys, Skype is already successful and already making money.
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macewan
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08:06 AM on 05/18/2011
How is Danger, Inc. making out these day after Microsoft took over?
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Vic Blazier
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10:55 PM on 05/17/2011
I know several people serving abroad and, for whatever reason, there seems to be a recent trend towards finding alternatives to Skype. Gravitation seems to be toward three alternatives: Google Talk, Google Voice, and a product known as ooVoo.
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macewan
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08:10 AM on 05/18/2011
I use both Google Talk and Google Voice. Love the both! As soon as Sprint gets the iPhone I'll switch over and start handing out my Google Voice number instead of my AT
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