How Microsoft Spent $7B on Skype and $1.5B on a Facebook-Killer Freeroll (launch.is) 13 points by hanszeir 15y ago ↗ HN
[–] ioa44 15y ago ↗ "Xbox + Kinect + Skype + headset + two sets of friends = social game platform at scale day one." Game changer. [–] jasonmcalacanis 15y ago ↗ that;s a good line :-)
[–] surfingdino 15y ago ↗ What's a 'no-shop'? [–] jasonmcalacanis 15y ago ↗ a no-shop means that if i agree to give you a deal price you don't go take it to five other players and "shop" it around by asking for a better deal. [–] surfingdino 15y ago ↗ Thank you for taking the time to explain this to me, Jason!
[–] jasonmcalacanis 15y ago ↗ a no-shop means that if i agree to give you a deal price you don't go take it to five other players and "shop" it around by asking for a better deal. [–] surfingdino 15y ago ↗ Thank you for taking the time to explain this to me, Jason!
[–] surfingdino 15y ago ↗ But MSFT still has a 1.6% stake in Facebook, don't they? OK, so they may want to write it off should the Skype gamble pay off. I still have a feeling they will totally mess it up, though.
[–] Louis-Eric 15y ago ↗ It makes sense to draw the social graph from actual connections rather than deduce it from people's declarations. Smart.
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