Facing persistent questions about what it would do to maximize the value of its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, Microsoft is set to release a Skype pre-installation kit to integrate the VoIP calling service into Windows PCs.
Microsoft’s acquisition of the Internet voice and video calling service Skype was completed in October 2011 and lately some market observers said they have seen little evidence that Microsoft is making much profitable use of Skype.
However, news broke on May 29 that Microsoft is going to enable PC manufacturers to pre-install a Skype application on to their Windows 7 PCs they ship to consumers and distributors. News of the pre-installation kit comes amid continuing concerns about anti-competitive issues related to the deal.
A blogger in The Netherlands, Steve Bink, who says he watches “Microsoft like a hawk,” broke the news about Microsoft’s plans to release an OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) for PC manufacturers to install Skype 5.8 on machines running Windows 7. Skype is already being tested for preinstallation with the coming Windows 8 OS. Read More
Microsoft’s acquisition of the Internet voice and video calling service Skype was completed in October 2011 and lately some market observers said they have seen little evidence that Microsoft is making much profitable use of Skype.
However, news broke on May 29 that Microsoft is going to enable PC manufacturers to pre-install a Skype application on to their Windows 7 PCs they ship to consumers and distributors. News of the pre-installation kit comes amid continuing concerns about anti-competitive issues related to the deal.
A blogger in The Netherlands, Steve Bink, who says he watches “Microsoft like a hawk,” broke the news about Microsoft’s plans to release an OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) for PC manufacturers to install Skype 5.8 on machines running Windows 7. Skype is already being tested for preinstallation with the coming Windows 8 OS. Read More
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