Google has made other significant acquisitions in the voice space in the past year.
For Microsoft, I see integration opportunities for their Unified Communications push... *ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... * On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> > wrote: > > No one, I maintain my stance that I don't see this as a good fit for > > Microsoft. > > Both MSFT and GOOG had products in this space already (Windows Live > Messenger or whatever it is now, and Google Talk or whatever it is > now); I think they were both interested in Skype for the same reasons: > Mindshare, customer base, perception, with tech secondary. And to > keep others from getting it. > > Facebook doesn't really have much in this space and I could see them > being interested for the tech. It would have saved them the trouble > of developing their own voice/video system, in addition to buying a > bunch of users. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
