Emuva esikhathini esidlule: IMicrosoft izothenga iSkype (10/5/2021)

Namuhla kuyindaba yethu ukuthi inkundla yokuxhumana edumile iSkype ingeyeMicrosoft. Kodwa kwakungenjalo ngaso sonke isikhathi. Izindaba zokuqala ukuthi iMicrosoft izozitholela i-Skype zavela entwasahlobo ka-2010. I-Skype yayaziwa kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa yayingenzi kahle kakhulu ngokwezimali, futhi iMicrosoft yathembisa ukulungisa lesi simo sezezimali.

IMicrosoft ifuna ukuthenga iSkype (2010)

NgoMeyi 10, 2010, iMicrosoft yaqinisekisa ukuthi ifuna ukuthenga inkundla yokuxhumana yeSkype. Intengo yokutholwa bekufanele ibe ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-8,5. Ngaleso sikhathi, iSkype yayiphethwe yiSilver Lake. Mayelana nezinhlelo zokuthengwa kwempahla, iMicrosoft ithe, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ingathanda ukuhlanganisa izici zeSkype emikhiqizweni namasevisi akhona, okuhlanganisa inkundla ye-Office, Windows Phones kanye nohlelo lokudlala lwe-Xbox. Ukuthengwa kweSkype ngaleso sikhathi kwakumela ukutholwa okukhulu kweMicrosoft emlandweni wokuba khona kwayo. “Namuhla usuku olukhulu lweMicrosoft neSkype, kanye nolwamabhizinisi nabathengi emhlabeni wonke,” kusho uSteve Ballmer ngaleso sikhathi.

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Ngaleso sikhathi, iSkype yayingenzi konke okusemandleni ngokwemiholo—ngonyaka ka-2010, iSkype yabika ukulahlekelwa kwezigidi ezingu-6,9 zamarandi, futhi yayinezikweletu kancane. Ingxenye yesivumelwano neMicrosoft yayihlanganisa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukusulwa kwezikweletu zeSkype. Bekungesikho okokuqala iSkype ingena ngaphansi kwenkampani ehlukile. Yathengwa yi-eBay ngo-$2005 billion ngo-2,6, kodwa ukubambisana akuzange kusebenze ngendlela abaphathi be-eBay ababecabanga ngayo.