I'll buy that. This is an $8B advertising play. Sean
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Adam Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > One word: mindshare. > > (Ok, two words: social relevancy) > > IMHO, that's the driver behind the purchase. "Bing", anyone? MSN? Etc. > > > Sean Walberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > >How could Skype become *less* open than it is now? :) > > > >WRT Skype/Asterisk, I'm curious what kind of revenue that means. If I had > to > >guess, the revenue is insignificant. Microsoft probably got rid of > Skype's > >payroll department, but that didn't make the news. > > > >Skype has two things to offer: > > > >1. The technology > >2. The user base (which by extension, includes the revenue stream) > > > >For $8B Microsoft could have easily built their own. So it must be about > the > >users and/or revenue. But Skype's revenue ($1B/yr est) pales compared to > >Microsoft's ($65B/yr). The business division (which I think is where the > >VoIP stuff is) has about $21B of revenue attached. Skype would be a > fraction > >of that. And Skype users don't necessarily overlap with the corporate > users. > > I really don't know what Microsoft gets out of this. > > > >The other possible reason for Microsoft's purchase of Skype could have > been > >to prevent someone else from buying it. > > > >Sean > > > >On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:23 PM, John Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> In my opinion Skype will be replaced in a heartbeat by whatever the > >> next big thing is and MS will be left holding an empty bag where > >> $8Billion dollars used to be. > >> > >> Once cell providers are finally pushed (kicking and screaming) into > >> offering data-only "phones" and one of my "apps" is something that > >> lets me "phone" anywhere any time for free, why do I need Skype? You > >> might argue that Skype will end up being "the app" in question, but > >> with Microsoft at the helm it surely will not be. > >> > >> Microsoft did not buy Skype to get into the "Skype business", it > >> bought Skype to help push it's traditional software products. That, by > >> definition means Skype will become less open. Already they've yanked > >> Skype for Asterisk. Will Microsoft continue to push Skype for > >> iPad/iPhone/Android ? I can't think of any reason why they would. > >> > >> So the app that unites all "phone" users will have to be something else. > >> > >> John > >> > >> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Bill Reid <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I generally agree with what you are saying John but in reality Sean is > >> correct. > >> > Skype just works. > >> > > >> > The big problem with non-Skype VoIP solutions is still the lack of a > >> global > >> > directory. I was hoping that your email address would be the VoIP UID > for > >> > contacting people but that has not happened. All the infrastructure is > >> there to > >> > allow this but it is just not implemented. Once you get the PSTN part > up > >> we seem > >> > to stop at that point. My impression is that almost all corporate VoIP > >> systems > >> > do not allow contact from the Internet. You have to go through a PSTN > >> gateway. > >> > Like IM if you have to know the system that a person is on before > making > >> contact > >> > then it is basically broken. So far I think the PSTN and email are the > >> only > >> > systems that do not have this requirement. > >> > > >> > Skype of course is not a solution to this problem but like Facebook it > >> wins by > >> > having the most members. > >> > > >> > -- Bill > >> > > >> > On 26/05/11 09:29, John Lange wrote: > >> >> Personally I've always failed to see the appeal of skype since it's > >> >> something that could be replicated using other voip related tools > with > >> >> the added benefit of being tied to a larger database of potential > >> >> users that you could reach. > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Asterisk mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/asterisk > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> John Lange > >> www.johnlange.ca > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Asterisk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/asterisk > >> > > > > > > > >-- > >Sean Walberg <[email protected]> http://ertw.com/ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Asterisk mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/asterisk > -- Sean Walberg <[email protected]> http://ertw.com/
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