October 14, 2011 02:05 pm
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Microsoft Finalizes Skype Acquisition
suraj.sun sends word that Microsoft's acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion has officially completed. Quoting:"Skype CEO Tony Bates will be named president of the new Skype Division of Microsoft, and will have to report directly to Steve Ballmer. In a post on the Official Microsoft Blog today, Bates seemed unsurprisingly enthusiastic about the acquisition, describing it as a marriage of two 'disruptive, innovative, software-oriented companies. Microsoft is committed to the ubiquity of the Skype experience – communication across every device and every platform will remain a primary focus,' Bates wrote. 'And we've only scratched the surface.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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