czerdrill
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Microsoft has a long record of buying great companies and running them into the ground. Not good for the end user at all.
Like what?
This should help:
Microsoft: The 15 Biggest Acquisitions And What Happened To Them
This isn't to say they don't make money. Obviously they do. And, this isn't to say that someone shouldn't sell their company to Microsoft for a S***-ton of money. (I sure would) But, the whole premise for an acquisition is to make money and not to improve usability. This is why I say the end user hurts in these situations. An acquisition could mean they'll look to integrate the product through licensing or... it could mean they'll tank it to push existing product. You typically see this with smaller companies and I highly doubt they'll tank skype but time will tell just how beneficial this will be for "us".
Ok thanks for the link. I wouldn't necessarily say it ran these companies into the ground, though. Most of the things provided in that link are still around today in some form or the other and many of them are still huge successes...