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10-05-2011, 06:19 PM
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Microsoft to buy Skype
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Microsoft has confirmed that it has agreed to buy internet phone service Skype.
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10-05-2011, 06:26 PM
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Re: Microsoft to buy Skype
So the native version of Skype for Linux, however crippled it was will be dead. Oh great 
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10-05-2011, 09:26 PM
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Re: Microsoft to buy Skype
Skype sold for reportedly 8.5$ Billion . 
Skypehome , SkypeProf , Skype Ultimate coming soon 
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10-05-2011, 10:24 PM
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Re: Microsoft to buy Skype
goodbye skype...wait...did I ever use it ?
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10-05-2011, 11:47 PM
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Re: Microsoft to buy Skype
And we thought Google and Facebook were on a race to buy Skype. It's funny how Microsoft suddenly bought Skype debunking all the other rumors.
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11-05-2011, 05:35 AM
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Re: Microsoft to buy Skype
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So the native version of Skype for Linux, however crippled it was will be dead. Oh great |
perhaps. 
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11-05-2011, 09:04 AM
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Re: Microsoft to buy Skype
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i dont think so... any way the linux client has not been updated.. it'll stay the same and get updated slowly....
and with skype microsoft need it to be everywhere..(for max profit) on all OS's so i think it wont be killed
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11-05-2011, 09:41 AM
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Sami Hyypiä, LFC legend
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Re: Microsoft to buy Skype
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Originally Posted by ssk_the_gr8
i dont think so... any way the linux client has not been updated.. it'll stay the same and get updated slowly....
and with skype microsoft need it to be everywhere..(for max profit) on all OS's so i think it wont be killed
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Microsoft don't really consider Linux as a customer platform. They have written nought code for Linux, the only case of them writing code for Linux is in their virtualization products which they had no other choice.
At best they might open some specs for the guys at the Mono project to work on a client, but considering the future of Mono is in trouble with recent layoffs with Attachmate, I don't see that happening either.
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11-05-2011, 07:33 PM
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Re: Microsoft to buy Skype
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14-05-2011, 04:38 PM
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Re: Microsoft to buy Skype
Just saw a little bit old tweet, that happened after this news:
"Microsoft confirms $8.5B Skype purchase & plans to call new service Microsoft Skype Network, or "MS Skynet" for short."
Are we heading to the impending doom? 
And also, this:
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14-05-2011, 06:24 PM
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Re: Microsoft to buy Skype
MTV has dedicated its Tickr to making MS Skype jokes.
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14-05-2011, 07:08 PM
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Re: Microsoft to buy Skype
^^ Nice! But I just don't watch TV anymore
I am pretty sure, some of them, would be published on MTV's fb page 
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15-05-2011, 12:41 AM
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15-05-2011, 12:53 AM
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15-05-2011, 02:43 AM
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Re: Microsoft to buy Skype
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