tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850103531860448581.post8238844743242469745..comments2024-01-31T09:09:55.123-08:00Comments on Lubor On Tech: Microsoft Crosses Swords with CiscoLubor Ptacekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08543751955416339809noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850103531860448581.post-50964750404440828582011-05-12T12:27:05.856-07:002011-05-12T12:27:05.856-07:00This acquisition goes squarely against Google.
D...This acquisition goes squarely against Google. <br /><br />Did you realize the perfect PR timing stealing the thunder from Google IO.<br /><br />Wait for a Facebook/Microsoft Skype announcement ...<br /><br />If executed well this may indeed help MSFT to promote Lync (as Skype for the Enterprise ;-) but I doubt this was a major driver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850103531860448581.post-18244194945558508202011-05-12T12:16:18.670-07:002011-05-12T12:16:18.670-07:00According to http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2011/05...According to http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2011/05/skype-microsoft-liveblog/?catid=163 :<br /><br />"Skype is now profitable, ..., after reporting losses of $7m last year." <br /><br />"Stats:<br /><br />170m connected Skype users, growth of 40 per cent year over year – 600,000 new registrations every day. Skype users used over 207bn calling minutes in 2010. Overall revenue has grown 20 per cent year over year."<br /><br /><br />And according to http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2011/05/skype-may-be-the-glue-in-microsofts-multimedia-strategy/:<br /><br />"In its IPO filing last August, Skype said that it had 560m registered accounts as of last June, with 124m active on a monthly basis. Skype’s commercial problem has been that only 8.1m pay for any extra services, on average. That’s just 6.5 per cent of its active user base, a relatively low number for a “freemium” business (Spotify, for example, claims over 15 per cent of its active users pay for its music service)."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850103531860448581.post-85868787659803372222011-05-12T12:15:12.458-07:002011-05-12T12:15:12.458-07:00I wondered about the profitability myself which is...I wondered about the profitability myself which is why I used "supposedly" in the sentence. But that's what the CEO apparently said in the press conference: $860 million in 2010 revenue, with 20% growth year over year, $264 million in EBITDA - those aren't bad numbers.Lubor Ptacekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08543751955416339809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850103531860448581.post-75922709041986095352011-05-12T12:06:16.965-07:002011-05-12T12:06:16.965-07:00"Skype is supposedly very profitable and with..."Skype is supposedly very profitable and with 170 million users ..."<br /><br />Very profitable? Don´t think so.<br /><br />And how many of the users are active? And how many of those are premium users that actually pay for the service?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com