Comments on: Goodbye, Skype https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2011/05/10/skype-dies/ Reflections on Technology Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Roy Schestowitz https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2011/05/10/skype-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-33420 Mon, 23 May 2011 19:56:41 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/?p=2354#comment-33420 Good point, Wayne.

]]> By: Wayne Borean https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2011/05/10/skype-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-33007 Wed, 11 May 2011 04:36:38 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/?p=2354#comment-33007 You can tell that Agent Smith isn’t a farm boy. The proper description of the ‘Reverse Midas Touch’ is ‘Everything he touched turned to shit.’

FYI, the Wall Street Journal pointed out that this was partially a tax avoidance scheme. Apparently a large portion of the $50 Billion in cash that Microsoft has in reserve is held outside of the United States, and if they repatriate it, they would have to pay 30% corporate tax. If they were going to lose it bring it back to the US, they might was well spend it overseas, and so they did.

And the American taxpayer can carry the load, after all, they aren’t important. Oh, and the Irish pensioner can carry the load too, after all, they aren’t important either.

Wayne

]]> By: Agent_Smith https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2011/05/10/skype-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-32985 Tue, 10 May 2011 18:51:04 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/?p=2354#comment-32985 Indeed, Dr. Schestowitz, M$ has the Midas touch in reverse: Everything it touches becomes crap. Hotmail is a very good example.

Best Regads

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