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Sober
#1 Posted : Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:46:59 PM
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I an enraged will the deal pay itself?
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Cde Monomotapa
#2 Posted : Wednesday, May 11, 2011 5:07:29 AM
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I'm not much of a technology guy (recently up-graded from my darling old Nokia.1100) so someone please tell us what value do they see in this deal? What advantage accrues hence to MS?
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KenyanLyrics
#3 Posted : Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:10:03 AM
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1. Skype is central to the online experience. It is one of those companies who's name has become a verb due to the high uptake of their technology
2. Skype's business strategy is to offer free PC to PC calls, and charge for calls from PC to other devices, and enterprise usage. The free, ad-supported PC to PC calls have served Skype well, but they have been weak on the premium side. Microsoft will help maximise the premium side by mixing Skype into all of their hardware products(Windows Phone, Xbox etc) and ALL their enterprise products(MS Office, Outlook etc)
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Cde Monomotapa
#4 Posted : Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:20:05 AM
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Thanks K-Lyrics...for enlightnening a brotha. Anymore views pple?
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drake
#5 Posted : Thursday, May 12, 2011 12:40:26 PM
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Sober wrote:
I an enraged will the deal pay itself?


Are you a shareholder?

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Sober
#6 Posted : Friday, May 13, 2011 9:55:14 PM
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why did microsoft cough all that amount to buy it. they would have just downloaded it for free like most of us.
African parents don't know how to say sorry.. the closest you will get to a sorry is a 'have you eaten'
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earthvoice
#7 Posted : Friday, May 13, 2011 10:08:08 PM
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Sober wrote:
why did microsoft cough all that amount to buy it. they would have just downloaded it for free like most of us.


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Good one!!!!!
"All intelligent investing is value investing -- acquiring more than you are paying for. You must value the business in order to value the stock." - Charlie Munger.
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Cde Monomotapa
#8 Posted : Saturday, May 14, 2011 5:58:03 AM
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earthvoice wrote:
Sober wrote:
why did microsoft cough all that amount to buy it. they would have just downloaded it for free like most of us.


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Good one!!!!!

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Cde Monomotapa
#9 Posted : Saturday, May 14, 2011 6:12:09 AM
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KenyanLyrics wrote:
1. Skype is central to the online experience. It is one of those companies who's name has become a verb due to the high uptake of their technology
2. Skype's business strategy is to offer free PC to PC calls, and charge for calls from PC to other devices, and enterprise usage. The free, ad-supported PC to PC calls have served Skype well, but they have been weak on the premium side. Microsoft will help maximise the premium side by mixing Skype into all of their hardware products(Windows Phone, Xbox etc) and ALL their enterprise products(MS Office, Outlook etc)

Your analysis brings out good business sense and sure loading skype onto existing products & charging a couple more coins on top makes sense. Then now we move on..is the price paid right ama hii Openview ingine hahaha or as our friend @sober reckons..they should've downloaded for free..hahaha! Personally I have never used skype-juu hiyo 60 thao ya show ndo me hutumia ku-load credo (chapaa!)-but I am aware it is popular n' now that u've info.d us that they make money thru ad.revenue then i guess that is what MS is mostly paying for.
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drake
#10 Posted : Saturday, May 14, 2011 9:28:46 AM
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Cde Monomotapa wrote:

Your analysis brings out good business sense and sure loading skype onto existing products & charging a couple more coins on top makes sense. ....


Antitrust violations?
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