Neither Google nor Facebook. It seems that whoever was able to buy Skype was the one who offered the most money truck. In this case, Microsoft. According to sources from the Wall Street Journal, the software giant acquired the VoIP giant for $ 8.5 billion dollars. The purchase agreement will be officially announced by both companies at 9 am this Tuesday, according to sources BoomTown website which also confirms that the sale of Skype is already achieved.
The sale to Microsoft could further delay the opening of the Skype shares on the stock exchange, more specifically for the cows come home. But as Microsoft has no presence in the area of VoIP solutions for consumers, the purchase makes perfect sense. At least it makes more sense than when eBay bought it.
Update at 09:10 | It's official. Microsoft bought Skype, which should become a division of the company. The full press release is available here, and for the happiness of the nation, Microsoft says it "will continue to invest and support the Skype clients on platforms that are not controlled by the company. " Ie Skype to Android, Linux and Mac OS X will not disappear from the map, they can be calm.
