Microsoft to buy Skype for $8.5 billion

Microsoft  Corp. Have Made A Biggest ever acquisition, In over Three Decades of Company's History To Buy Internet Telephone Service Provider And Famous Video Messenger Skype With an Impressive $8.5 Billion .

This was announced in a Press meet in San Francisco that was held by Skype Chief Executive Tony Bates and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Microsoft Clevery Moved Its Steps in An Attempt To Take The Internet Market .This Deal Would Defineltly Bolster The Presence of Software Gaint In Highly Competitive Internet Market.
In An Attempt To Be Ahead Of Google and Cisco,Who Are Already Been Doing Their Own Software in Voice And Video Commuincation,Microsoft Opt For This Buyout.

The Largest deal Clearly Shows The Intention Of Microsoft To Compete With its Rivals Such As Google Inc, And Apple.It Shows The Courage Of Microsoft,How Far It Could Go And How Desperate Its In need Of Grabbing the Top Position In Internet Market.It Made a Jaw Dropping Deal Of $8.5 Billion ,Agaisnt Its Company's Estimated Worth of $48 Billion.Which Accounts To Nearly 18% .Microsoft's Last Big Deal was The $6 Billion Purchase Of An Advertising Firm aQuantive And A Deal With Facebook in 2007.
 Probably In one way or The Other the Winner Would Be Facebook.(Facebook outBid Skype In past)
With microsoft As a Common Part In Skype And Facebook ,It Can Access The Assets Of Skype As We All know About The Interest Of microsoft in Facebook .Its Special Interest May be To Supress the Undisturbed Reign of Google .
Now Facebook Can use Skype’s peer-to-peer network to offer video and voice services to the users of Facebook Chat.

Microsoft's interest in the money-losing, but popular service highlights a need to gain new customers for its Windows and Office software.
Skype which was already being the top in messengers with over 500 million users and 8.1 million paying users.Reports say skype users spend Over 520 million minutes taking to one Another.
Skype has 145 million users on average each month and has gained favor among small business users.
Skype Has Been Loosing Its Revenue In Recent Times .The Only source Of Income For Skype Is From Users Who Intend To Make Long Distant Calls.
It May USe Skype To support Its Devices Such as Gaming Console Xbox,Kinect And Windows 7( It Doesnt Have Skype Support).Microsoft Will Connect The Skype USers with Lync,Outlook,Xbox Live And Windows Messenger Could Take a New Look And Interface.


Read more Information on Yahoo News And Skype Blog.