The aftermath of Microsoft’s announcement that it will buy Skype for $8.5 billion was full of speculation about why the cost was so high, who Microsoft was bidding against , and who inside Redmond was the motive force behind any such large expenditure. A minimum of a kind of queries have been demystified today, because of Bill Gates asserting himself as “a sturdy proponent on the board level for the deal being done.” Microsoft’s Chairman of the Board expressed his enthusiasm for gobbling up Skype in an interview with the BBC — one that UK residents may even see in full on the iPlayer link below — and concluded that “it is a great purchase that a good number of innovation will pop out of.” Adding his support to Steve Ballmer’s already public excitement concerning the Skype takeover, Bill stresses that “the significance of software is higher today than ever,” while also predicting that video conferencing is ready to become significantly better and greater than we’ve yet seen. We have our webcams on the ready, Bill!
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