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Nsanity on 26 January 2013
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kowenicki said:
ethomaz said:
Train wreck said:
Lack luster quarter for Microsoft and no growth in the key areas that it needs to have it in.

No surface numbers (which is one of those important growth areas as PC sales continue to slow) only means that the sales are not that well, given Apple shipped some 22+ million ipads. Only going to get worse with the surface pro. That 8 billion dollar payout for Skype is looking like it was not worth it, I'm sure with that kind of money, they could have created something in house. Its investment in Nook turned out to be disaster.

I think the purchase of Skype was more to kill the competition because Microsoft already have something similar inhouse.

Skype is going to be integrated into Lync/outlook. 

Saying Skype is a waste of money is pretty ignorant on his part.   Skype will be a pretty big deal in the future.  But TW will only downplay where MS are concerned so its no surprise.

It's rumoured that Skype will be replacing Xbox Live chat: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/386889/microsoft-to-replace-xbox-live-voice-chat-with-skype/