Re: Poll: Should Nokia buy Skype?
 

skype is bad, as zimon pointed out above. you said that it's only about the user base. that's why i pointed out that it's not only about the user base. it's about what's morally good. skype is not.

Re: Poll: Should Nokia buy Skype?
 

If someone buys Skype, they can actually open up all the codes and licenses.

See also: google's acquisitions.

Re: Poll: Should Nokia buy Skype?
 

this is the most useless topic here probably forever....

Re: Poll: Should Nokia buy Skype?
 

Not even close...

Re: Poll: Should Nokia buy Skype?
 

Thanks for answering, benny1967, you really had me puzzled.

I don't think that Skype HAVE to stick with their proprietary codecs. They could easily phase them out and replace with open standards. Heck, Nokia could do that (if they bought Skype first :)

So would you consider it moral that way?

EDIT: ysss already suggested that. Don't you just hate it when work gets in the way of entertainment?

Re: Poll: Should Nokia buy Skype?
 

Not really argument against Nokia buying Skype.

See also: Trolltech and Symbian acquisitions.

Re: Poll: Should Nokia buy Skype?
 

lets rephrase:

the most useless poll

Re: Poll: Should Nokia buy Skype?
 

It wasn't.

See my previous post for arguments against Nokia buying Skype :)

Re: Poll: Should Nokia buy Skype?
 

Same arguments apply to Google actually. Telcos are keypartners in the Openhandset alliance.

Re: Poll: Should Nokia buy Skype?
 

Google don't sell their services directly to telcos like Nokia does.
Yes, it's pretty much a messy gangbang out there and getting harder to make out who's with who; but I think it's pretty clear that the telcos are holding Nokia's ding dong pretty tight.