Whoooaaaahhhh!
A good friend and ex co UK Microsofter just sent me this as a link (funnily enough on Skype) – what can I say!?! or did..
[13:39:20] Steve Beer: http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/may11/05-10CorpNewsPR.mspx
[13:42:57] Reuben Cook: VERY interesting. blimey! gotta be a big boost for MS esp. windows phone and x-box
[13:45:03] Reuben Cook: interesting for Lync though… Skype has definitely been taking revenue from enterprise VoIP – what were the stats – 207 billion minutes in 2010 – jeeze!
I wonder what effect this will have on the (MS) share price… would have thought positive for Microsoft unless, of course and according to the market, they are paying too much… hmmm?
Anyway, probably a little too early in the day to tell – at time of writing only just gone 09:00 on Wall Street.
Now according to some other posts (excellent one at http://gigaom.com/2011/05/09/why-microsoft-is-buying-skype-for-8-billion/) this has already gone through, and joint announcements are due today…
Keep your eyes peeled and listening out for the familiar Skype ringtone 😉
yep, its confirmed..
[14:53:14] Steve Beer: "Microsoft confirms $8.5B Skype purchase & plans to call new service Microsoft Skype Network, or "MS Skynet" for short." 😀
update: Friday 13th May..
Since the acquisition was announced my Skype video hasn’t been working (I can see the other party, and my own image, etc.) all the other party gets is the spinning wheel of dullness…
Who do I call to fix this? Microsoft? or have they been buggering with the code already and already we need a Service Pack or perhaps a Cumulative Update to fix it?!? 
