Topic: Skype, whose latest version is unstable and full of security holes...

[Clive]

...finds the perfect company to buy it.
LINK

[Rik]

I suspect it's not the last acquisition we'll see as MS tries to recover lost ground.

[sam]

I really like skype, tis a sad day. 

[Clive]

I use it a lot too. 

[Rodders]

I've had a Skype account for years, but stopped using it when they arbitrarily zeroed my remaining credit because I hadn't used it for a while.

Looking to the future, now most mobile contracts offer free calls to land lines and IM apps provide perfectly good video messaging, Skype only remains useful for making international calls - and once the telcos move to further reduce costs in that area, MS will discover that they've bought themselves a very expensive turkey.

[Rik]

With or without the giblets, Rod?