Microsoft gets antitrust approval to buy Skype

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Seeing how Skype is most likely to go down the tubes now, I recommend trying these two proggy's down below for vid chat, voice chat etc.. You can do video chat from inside gmail. Both these proggy's seem rock solid imo and come in various languages.

http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx

http://www.google.com/talk/

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Microsoft-gets-antitrust-rb-3571953740.html?x=0

On Friday June 17, 2011, 5:57 pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy the Internet phone service Skype, the Federal Trade Commission said in a website posting on Friday.

Microsoft announced in May it was buying Skype for $8.5 billion, its biggest-ever acquisition, placing a rich bet on mobile and the Internet to try and best rivals such as Google Inc.

The approval was announced in a listing of deal approvals that comes out several times a week.

Microsoft's interest in the money-losing, but popular service highlights a need to gain new customers for its Windows and Office software. Skype has 145 million users on average each month and has gained favor among small businesses.

Edited June 18, 2011 by Why_Me

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Skype = eBay

Works pretty good. I know a lot of people that use it.

I check my gmail multiple times a day and never used video chat once. I have Skype with video chat but rarely use that either. But it is very clean and easy to operate.

I don't see how it can be going down the tubes if they are being offered $8.5 billion by Microsoft...I take it you don't like Microsoft?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Skype = eBay

Works pretty good. I know a lot of people that use it.

I check my gmail multiple times a day and never used video chat once. I have Skype with video chat but rarely use that either. But it is very clean and easy to operate.

I don't see how it can be going down the tubes if they are being offered $8.5 billion by Microsoft...I take it you don't like Microsoft?

I like skype myself, but once MS gets it's hands on it...I see it going down hill from there. I like MS o/s...as in Windows, but that's as far as it goes. There browser sucks the big one imo, MS chat is a resource hog, and msn.com sux0res big time imo. But as far as Windows and MS Office go...they rock....although I find myself using google docs more and more often these days. It's online, it can be shared, and it just keeps getting better.