Microsoft in Talks to Acquire Skype for $8.5 Billion

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

skype will end up like IE, bundled with every copy of windows

And also like IE it will likely end up lagging behind the competition in new features. Right now Skype is riding high, but if and when it becomes a small part of a big empire, it'll no longer have the same singular passion that kept it on the cutting edge.

Give it a year or two and the competition will not only catch but probably surpass Skype. I don't claim to know the future, but if recent history is any guide, Skype will likely stagnate under the Microsoft banner while the smaller competitors will flourish by focusing on trying to do just one thing as well as possible.