[ale] OT: skype

[Geoffrey Myers]

Greg Clifton wrote:
> Yeah, I heard that on the radio on the way to work this morning. 
> 
> Who's gonna be first to sign up for M$ Voice?
> Or maybe the question is who's gonna be first to close their Skype account?

Hmm, you may not have too if you're using Linux, I'd be surprised if the 
continue to support it.

> 
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Damon Chesser <dchesser at acsi2000.com 
> <mailto:dchesser at acsi2000.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Just found out:  MS bought skype for $8.5 billion in cash.
> 
>      
> 
>     http://gigaom.com/2011/05/09/why-microsoft-is-buying-skype-for-8-billion/
> 
>      
> 
>     Interesting.
> 
>      
> 
>     Damon Chesser
> 
>     dchesser at acsi2000.com <mailto:dchesser at acsi2000.com>
> 
>     damon at damtek.com <mailto:damon at damtek.com>
> 
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