So, will the Skype deal be a stroke of genius, a complete disaster or just more of the same?
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In this[^] article, the Google employee who scuttled Google's attempts to buy Skype explains why he did it, how he get around an enthusiastic management team, and why he thought P2P was not a good fit. It's an interesting take on the processes inside Google, and how to beat the behemoth.
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In this[^] article, the Google employee who scuttled Google's attempts to buy Skype explains why he did it, how he get around an enthusiastic management team, and why he thought P2P was not a good fit. It's an interesting take on the processes inside Google, and how to beat the behemoth.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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I really can't imagine this working out well for MS. For that much scratch, they could afford to beef up their own VOIP offerings... and give away free calls... to drum up subscribers; this is the sort of money you'd expect them to lay out for a robust platform, but I have a hard time believing they won't face the same issue described in that article: in order to integrate, they'll end up putting their own engineers to work re-writing the whole steaming mess. If this *was* Google, I'd suspect they had some subtle plan up their sleeves. Might take half a decade to come to fruition, but... But it's MS. They do best integrating things that are already pretty close to their own offerings. This isn't. It's doomed.
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I really can't imagine this working out well for MS. For that much scratch, they could afford to beef up their own VOIP offerings... and give away free calls... to drum up subscribers; this is the sort of money you'd expect them to lay out for a robust platform, but I have a hard time believing they won't face the same issue described in that article: in order to integrate, they'll end up putting their own engineers to work re-writing the whole steaming mess. If this *was* Google, I'd suspect they had some subtle plan up their sleeves. Might take half a decade to come to fruition, but... But it's MS. They do best integrating things that are already pretty close to their own offerings. This isn't. It's doomed.
But it plays right into their core strength of acquiring new tech, marketing it miserably, having scorn poured upon them and quietly abandoning it in the hope that people don't notice. Oh, and btw, welcome back.
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In this[^] article, the Google employee who scuttled Google's attempts to buy Skype explains why he did it, how he get around an enthusiastic management team, and why he thought P2P was not a good fit. It's an interesting take on the processes inside Google, and how to beat the behemoth.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility
MS will stick Skype in a crate and store it in the warehouse out back forever, all the while revamping their own VOIP with a new coat of paint. It's the typical MS ploy of buying someone out to eliminate them.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind
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In this[^] article, the Google employee who scuttled Google's attempts to buy Skype explains why he did it, how he get around an enthusiastic management team, and why he thought P2P was not a good fit. It's an interesting take on the processes inside Google, and how to beat the behemoth.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
a complete disaster or just more of the same
what is the difference between those two options?
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In this[^] article, the Google employee who scuttled Google's attempts to buy Skype explains why he did it, how he get around an enthusiastic management team, and why he thought P2P was not a good fit. It's an interesting take on the processes inside Google, and how to beat the behemoth.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility
Maybe a genius having a stroke? They want to eat the PBX market.
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