Microsoft は 85億ドル で Skype を買収することで Skype Global S.à r.l と合意したそうです。両者の取締役会で承認されれば正式の買収となるそうです。Microsoft は Skype を Xbox Live や Outlook などと連携させていくそうです。
REDMOND, Wash., and LUXEMBOURG – May 10, 2011 – Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: “MSFT”) and Skype Global S.à r.l today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both Microsoft and Skype.