Microsoft køber Skype

Via LiveSide: According to numerous sources, Microsoft is set to announce a $7 $8 8.5 billion dollar deal to acquire Skype, as soon as early Tuesday morning (apparently a press release is forthcoming at 5am PDT). Even for a company that loses $2.5 billion a year on online consumer services, that’s a lot of money. So why would Microsoft pay so much for a company that did nothing for eBay, and actually lost $7 million last year? To be honest, we have no idea, but that doesn’t stop us from speculating, now does it? Microsoft already runs two similar services...