August 15, 2013 08:47 pm GMT
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Microsoft Confirms Skype Will Come Installed With Windows 8.1, So It's Time To Play Anti-Trust Bingo
Today Microsoft announced that Skype will come installed in Windows 8.1, likely helping the communications service that was purchased for $8.5 billion grow more quickly. The move immediately causes something of a gut reaction that this will be challenged in court, probably in Europe.Microsoft has a history of pissing off regulators by over-bundling its own services that compete with third parties into its operating system. However, I strongly suspect that Skype will lean only on publicly available Windows APIs, providing something of a fire shield.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Q3TTa6WVV0A/
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