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How Microsoft Spent $7B on Skype and $1.5B on a Facebook-Killer Freeroll (launch.is)
13 points by hanszeir on May 13, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments


"Xbox + Kinect + Skype + headset + two sets of friends = social game platform at scale day one." Game changer.


that;s a good line :-)


But MSFT still has a 1.6% stake in Facebook, don't they? OK, so they may want to write it off should the Skype gamble pay off. I still have a feeling they will totally mess it up, though.


Wow! I didn't realize Skype had over 600 million users.


It makes sense to draw the social graph from actual connections rather than deduce it from people's declarations. Smart.


Totally agree!


What's a 'no-shop'?


a no-shop means that if i agree to give you a deal price you don't go take it to five other players and "shop" it around by asking for a better deal.


Thank you for taking the time to explain this to me, Jason!




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