Skype

Today’s announcement of the $8.5 Billion dollar cash purchase of Skype by Microsoft will

Microsoft

have the world buzzing with chatter and speculation for weeks to come.  Here are my outtakes from today’s announcement.

1. Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis were (are) team builders; the company succeeded against the giant telecom odds by collaboration and strong leaders that really bonded
2. Skype has formed perhaps the largest active peer to peer network in the world; with access to now over 50 million TV’s and other devices Microsoft will soon be expected to add Skype to Xbox, Kinect and perhaps reawaken the seemingly dead Microsoft Mobile platform
3. New revenues from advertizing something that has always held back Microsoft in achieving a strong financial model like Google to “Give Away” things in order to generate revenue.
4. Skype has become a “Verb” and Microsoft will leverage this across their applications; I see it becoming part of Read the rest of this entry »