Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Skype is adding users at a phenomenal rate, revenue is up, and losses > are decreasing. They will profitable shortly if the Microsoft > purchase doesn't cause users to leave in droves the way the t-Mobile > users are leaving since the AT&T purchase. >
Yeah, companies merge/buy for 1 of 2 reasons: * Leverage my model, which is like AT&T/T-Mobile. The play there is to basically expand AT&T's existing business model with new networks, customers, infrastructure, etc. * Change my model, which is like MS/Skype. The play here is to change MS's business model to include mobile and leverage that platform somehow, probably with intent to use MS Office integration for business conferencing, sharing, etc. Or something. Who knows? eBay sold Skype because, at the end of the day, Skype was neither of those b.model plays things for them. They consider their core b.model as bringing together buyers and sellers. Originally they thought Skype would help do that, but it wasn't well thought through and of course ultimately didn't help. Ultimately I'm thinking MS has made the same mistake eBay did. Their probably thinking they can leverage into the mobile space with an ad platform, or some type of MS office mobile or something. Maybe somehow use Live Meeting / Lync with Skype ... I dunno. MS doesn't have a great track record at innovation so I'm guessing it's not a good mov ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337656 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
