Why Did MSFT Buy Skype?

Why did Microsoft drop $8.5 billion on Skype?  Are they that terrified of Google Voice that they’ll drop major change on an acquisition they don’t really need?  The deal is ridiculous and upside down and backward.  What was Ballmer thinking?  Is MSFT really going to embed Skype in their products, or was this a proactive buy that leads to a mercy killing?

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Of Ponzi Schemes and Social Security

Charles Ponzi was a swindler.  You give him money and he’d pay you interest on that money by using cash from new “investors” in a deal that had only deposits and payouts and no investments.

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