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    MS buys skype

    8.5 billion. damn, i left that in my other pants. big question is if it will still remain free. ebay bought skype a while back, but funny thing about fre services, you dont make any money .

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    Micro$oft

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      #3
      Yeah, I have never understood how these companies that only offer free services can be worth so much...
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        Originally posted by Dead...Again View Post
        Yeah, I have never understood how these companies that only offer free services can be worth so much...
        First, Skype isn't entirely free, if you're using it to call landlines. Second, I believe they offer premium and corporate accounts.

        Also, you have to look at data mining. There's companies that will pay a lot of money to get facts about who's using Skype from where and when. Plus god knows what else I'm not even thinking of.

        Beyond that, you have add revenue. I haven't used Skype in a while, so I can't remember if it's included, but even a tiny add box like AIM has can probably be worth millions upon millions in add revenue.

        Look at Google, most of their main profitability is through AddSense.
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          #5
          goodbye skype for mac/psp.
          Hit 'em like comic books, kaboom! pow pow!

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            It has began!

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                  Lol
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                    I love it
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                      #11
                      that was AWESOME!!

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