How Microsoft Spent $7B on Skype and $1.5B on a Facebook-Killer Freeroll(launch.is)
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How Microsoft Spent $7B on Skype and $1.5B on a Facebook-Killer Freeroll
http://launch.is/blog/l018-how-microsoft-spent-7b-on-skype-and-15b-on-a-facebook-k.html
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"Xbox + Kinect + Skype + headset + two sets of friends = social game platform at scale day one." Game changer.
that;s a good line :-)
But MSFT still has a 1.6% stake in Facebook, don't they? OK, so they may want to write it off should the Skype gamble pay off. I still have a feeling they will totally mess it up, though.
Wow! I didn't realize Skype had over 600 million users.
It makes sense to draw the social graph from actual connections rather than deduce it from people's declarations. Smart.
Totally agree!
What's a 'no-shop'?
a no-shop means that if i agree to give you a deal price you don't go take it to five other players and "shop" it around by asking for a better deal.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this to me, Jason!