Skype and Microsoft heads explain tie-up

Speaking to the BBC, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer promises "new capabilities and new features".
May 11, 2011 9:34 by shafeer
Steve Ballmer and Tony Bates, chief executives of Microsoft and Skype respectively, say their recently announced tie-up is all about communication (duh).
Speaking to the BBC, Ballmer (left) promises new capabilities and new features. His Skype counterpart promised any worried customers that “nothing’s changed” with the core service they receive, as company becomes a division of the US software leviathan.
Source: BBC
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MS has payed more.