Now that Skype has anew home in Microsoft, it’s a good time to look back over the history of the company. After all, with Skype now part of the Microsoft empire, it is going to become even more imperative that we all know as much about the company as possible.
Skype should eventually worm itself deep into the Microsoft world, but that is hardly what looked likely when the company was formed back in 2003. In fact, if you look at the company’s history, its eventual resting place in Redmond can’t appear anything but a bit odd.
Whatever the case, Skype has never been more important than it is right now, so let’s get take a moment and learn about this communication behemoth.
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