Google-Skype: Everybody Wins

don't care for skype much and I don't trust google, so it' a match made in heaven

Gizmoproject is the real deal. Grandcentral (also acquired by google) already supports that. It's supports industry standard codecs, unlike skypes. If it doesn;t have 10 million uses, it should have couple million. Google may be better of also looking at Gizmoprojects that the same time. At least it will provide good leverage to eventually get to the Skype.

That will be a great combination. Ebay is not doing Skype any good and their business environment is not suited for Skype. Google should be a great fit and probably will bring Skype to the next level.

what is that crook doing on yahoo tv. I thought the sec said he could not promote any stocks.

Google might as well buy skype! Ebay will prove to be a long term looser and take everything associated with it, E-bays recent unscrupuluos methods from inner management and sneek attacks on the very people that made them strong will tumble the empire .. with its rampent wage on their loyal sellers and buyers pocketbooks I believe they will soon be challenged by a lesser evil! Yahoo auctions had bad timing so did several other rivals but a new wave of shakers and thinkers are lurking...

This is sooooo coooooollllll

I'm seriously considering looking elsewhere for my business news since Blodget's face began appearing on every Yahoo! page. That "I'm better than the world" mentality has got to go. The guy does know a lot, but his demeanor makes me sick. Regarding Google-Skype, try to see the other side of things. VOIP is clearly not what everyone thought it would be. How would this acquisition lay the groundwork for google's future projects and expansion, and also how could it be useful by itself?

I don't see a lot of synergies here...Why is Goog willing to acquire a desktop application company with a not top notch product difficult to be merged into Goog's web application environment? Not making a lot of sense to me. To acquire the customer base? C'mon...

NOT BLODGETT AGAIN. I, too, thought he was BANNED for life from securities industry.

NOT BLODGETT AGAIN. I, too, thought he was BANNED for life from securities industry.

YES!

Skype would be a winner with Google, or YAHOO, for that matter....& Chacha too. Voice Over IP is definitely the wave of the future, & will take us all to the next level. So, anyone with vision needs to look seriously at utilizing the technology that SKYPE & co's like VOXEO offer. These search engines are going to be wise to get involved NOW!

Go eBay!! You guys rock!

Google with Skype appears to be a good deal. Most of my colleagues use Skype.

Well, just think about the Android + Skype synergies and you have got a wining story. To me it seems that the Desktop app aspect is not where things are pointing at. Skype invented the concept of Internet-Telco platform, GOOG now gets to business with Android as Internet-Telco device. So marry the winning open Telco-Platform and an emerging Internet-Telco device and bang... together they hit the ground running.

Google would make Skype a household name. It is hard to beleive more people do not know what Skype is.

This would be a great deal for all parties involved, I support it wholeheartedly. That is all the deal really needs... my approval.