BubbleBobble Veteran :3 114343 Posts user info edit post |
FUCK SKYPE FUCK SKYPE FUCK SKYPE FUCK SKYPE FUCK SKYPE 3/21/2011 11:46:24 PM |
walkmanfades All American 3139 Posts user info edit post |
SKYPEFUCK 3/21/2011 11:46:48 PM |
BubbleBobble Veteran :3 114343 Posts user info edit post |
TITS AND ASS 3/21/2011 11:47:52 PM |
walkmanfades All American 3139 Posts user info edit post |
AKA EVERYTHING SPECIAL TO ME TO ME 3/21/2011 11:48:23 PM |
BubbleBobble Veteran :3 114343 Posts user info edit post |
DDK
IS
CHRIST 3/21/2011 11:48:51 PM |
walkmanfades All American 3139 Posts user info edit post |
i will die in raleigh, i'm not from raleigh but i'm made of raleigh
it's the only city that's ever known me 3/21/2011 11:50:45 PM |
BubbleBobble Veteran :3 114343 Posts user info edit post |
I kinda liked Raleigh, but I have no desire to go back
unless I were to find a decent roommate 3/22/2011 12:05:17 AM |
TenaciousC All American 6307 Posts user info edit post |
^^ and if you die in Raleigh, at least you will die free 3/22/2011 12:07:26 AM |
BubbleBobble Veteran :3 114343 Posts user info edit post |
I want to die paid for 3/22/2011 12:13:10 AM |
Tarun almost 11687 Posts user info edit post |
http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/10/technology/microsoft_skype/index.htm?hpt=T1
8.5 billion dollars 5/10/2011 9:57:58 AM |
AuH20 All American 1604 Posts user info edit post |
^ $8.5b in fucking CASH 5/10/2011 10:43:36 AM |
grimx #maketwwgreatagain 32337 Posts user info edit post |
5/10/2011 10:45:52 AM |
se7entythree YOSHIYOSHI 17377 Posts user info edit post |
i've never used skype 5/10/2011 10:46:48 AM |
justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27815 Posts user info edit post |
i dont even know what skype is.
(this is kind of serious, i have super low-speed internet) 5/10/2011 10:57:15 AM |
sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
google is still winning... 5/10/2011 10:58:13 AM |
Tarun almost 11687 Posts user info edit post |
i have no clue what M$ is thinking with this buy but i hope its related to this pic
5/10/2011 11:04:52 AM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "google is still winning..." |
Winning the search engine battle? No doubt.5/10/2011 11:06:57 AM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The company [Skype] reported a $6.9 million net loss last year, on nearly $860 million in revenue. It reported $686 million in long-term debt, and slightly more than $1 billion in liabilities." |
I've always kinda wondered about this...how was a FREE phone service ever going to make money? I mean, I understand they have advertising, but still, I never really saw how Skype stayed afloat.
also, I know there are bunches of internet companies (Amazon, for example) which have always lost money, and yet have still contrived to be "profitable" in some sense...but damned if I've ever understood it]5/10/2011 11:07:34 AM |
Time Veteran 595 Posts user info edit post |
They charge for some services, business I think. I don't know if that entails more support cost for them or not, never looked into it. Microsoft might actually be able to make something off this since they can tie it in with a bunch of infrastructure they already have, but it's probably more for positioning. 5/10/2011 11:20:56 AM |
Tarun almost 11687 Posts user info edit post |
i think google voice goes paid from next year. Skype will look better than. 5/10/2011 11:24:53 AM |
mrfrog ☯ 15145 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " I've always kinda wondered about this...how was a FREE phone service ever going to make money? I mean, I understand they have advertising, but still, I never really saw how Skype stayed afloat." |
Wow, you have no understanding of how people use Skype.5/10/2011 11:28:15 AM |
aph319 All American 8570 Posts user info edit post |
Please don't let Google Voice start charging. I love it. It's nice to have my voice mail texted to me in funny translations. 5/10/2011 11:41:44 AM |
mrfrog ☯ 15145 Posts user info edit post |
^ Google incurs cost for each text they send you regardless of if you pay for anything or not 5/10/2011 11:42:54 AM |
aph319 All American 8570 Posts user info edit post |
^I know. I meant a fixed subscription charge. The fact that you can have a composite phone number and voice mail is quite useful. 5/10/2011 11:45:04 AM |
Noen All American 31346 Posts user info edit post |
Uh Google voice already charges for calls outside the us. So does Skype. Skype is a hella better teleconferencing service, Google voice is a better VoIP service. 5/10/2011 12:16:37 PM |