[closed] Who would you like to see buy Skype?

1	Well now Microsoft has put in a bid to buy Skype. But which company should buy Skype? Google? Microsoft? Facebook? company google facebook microsoft skype asked May 09 '11 at 22:00 Craighton ♦♦ 16.6k●115●207●329 closed May 22 '11 at 05:13 kevin ♦♦ 35.7k●160●316●589

The question has been closed for the following reason "Problem is not reproducible or outdated" by kevin May 22 '11 at 05:13

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I honestly think that Microsoft should buy it. Right now the Skype interface need some work and I think that Microsoft would be able to do that. They might be able to make Skype into a really good product.

However, if Facebook bought it that would be nice too because then they might integrate it into Facebook chat.

answered May 09 '11 at 22:33

TheTechDude
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what about all of their clients on other operating systems though? will microsoft support these and will they do a good job? (OSX, linux, BSD, Android, iOS etc etc)

(May 09 '11 at 22:42) JakeTechie

I think that they will otherwise their market share will go down and some other company will take Skypes place. Microsoft makes software on other platforms including OS X, and iOS. I really see them keeping Skype as more of a separate entity under Microsoft so it will not affect the end user however they will defiantly do some GUI update and stability updates for the apps.

(May 09 '11 at 22:48) TheTechDude

i really hope that they dont ruin something awesome. i use skype all the time and it replaced MSN/live messenger about a year ago for me. Microsoft's offering of live messenger for Mac is not great (everyone uses adium instead).

(May 09 '11 at 23:06) JakeTechie

Microsoft has stated that they will continue to support non-Microsoft platforms. To what extent, I am not sure.

(May 11 '11 at 16:15) Josh_M

If they did not continue to support other platforms then they would lose a huge following.

(May 11 '11 at 20:06) TheTechDude

Confirmed for Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/may11/05-10CorpNewsPR.mspx

answered May 10 '11 at 09:40

Hanhart
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"Skype’s vice president and general manager of its Global Consumer team, would not reveal exactly how the increased level of advertising would affect those making video calls but did say: “The key thing will be not to get in the way of the calls…We need to find a clever way of doing it"

(May 11 '11 at 06:37) SignOff

1	I guess since Microsoft will now ruin Skype by Microsoft-ing it, the competitors of Skype can rejoice: http://alternativeto.net/software/skype/?exactmatch=true answered May 11 '11 at 10:22 Duodave 4.6k●40●49●98

0	Cisco will buy it. I honestly don't see much social networking value, but I think it complements Cisco's current offerings. answered May 09 '11 at 22:15 Duodave 4.6k●40●49●98

0	Microsoft could use their vast array of resources to improve it... since it has a good start. answered May 09 '11 at 22:57 iGeek3 1.6k●39●49●72

0	Cisco should buy them out, they're really good on VoIP. answered May 09 '11 at 23:10 Flash10 106●5●5●10

0	How about apple? apple is not bad. answered May 10 '11 at 02:40 iTechnologyz 1.3k●93●101●120 You should know from your avatar. Apple is competing with skype. (May 11 '11 at 09:13) ryebread761

I would have to say google. Microsoft will work on the Windows version most and give it's users the features first. Then they will give them to Mac users and poor linux never get's updates already won't get any. Maybe they will even drop the product.

answered May 11 '11 at 09:29

ryebread761
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0	I'm glad microsoft bought it. I hope they use it to replace Live messenger although the UI needs work. I hope it comes pre-installed as a way to battle ichat. I still prefer to use skype on my mac just because it's inter-platform answered May 22 '11 at 02:04 Zbob750 2.6k●6●13●38

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