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Cisco appealing Microsoft's purchase of Skype

article published on 15 February, 2012

Cisco has confirmed today it will appeal the European Commission's approval of Microsoft's purchase of Skype. Last year, the software giant acquired Skype for $8.5 billion, in an effort to integrate the extremely popular VoIP into its Lync suite of applications and platforms. Skype offers users a way to chat via voice, text or video. Cisco says Microsoft should "support standards for ... [ read the full article ]

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xaznboitx
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_ 		16. February 2012 @ 09:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I hope MS allows it so PS3 can add skype just like Sony did with the PSP
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hearme0
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_ 		16. February 2012 @ 12:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by xaznboitx:
 I hope MS allows it so PS3 can add skype just like Sony did with the PSP
Shame on you for saying this! Your decision making privileges should be stripped!

This is a bad idea and Cisco is in the right. More interoperability is necessary and NOT support H.264 is just pointless and dumb. SIP.........eh..........don't really care much about it but H.264 is a great thing.
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xaznboitx
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_ 		16. February 2012 @ 17:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
oops I guess I mis read that
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