In an interview with the BBC program named HARDtalk Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, said it was a great advocate of the acquisition of Skype. The deal $ 8.5 billion, is the largest in the history of the Redmond company. The information was released on Wednesday by the BBC.
Bill Gates said the deal was strategic and asked for support from other council members to be able to do it. "The idea of videoconferencing will get much better than it is today, " he said. "It will be fascinating to see how bright ideis Microsoft's research will be run together with Skype, you can do with it. "
According to its founder, Microsoft is doing a good job, impressive research, plus new products to come. Asked about the revolution of mobile devices, if Microsoft would have stayed back, Bill Gates said he did not agree with this statement. "Companies have done a good job in their areas, but the phone will become focused in the software industry that Microsoft is very knowledgeable, " he said.
Bill Gates also said that the "PC era" is not just to stop the tablet, but the devices will work together in the future, and the importance of software will be bigger than ever.
