4 ms·How about paying $8 billion for Skype, a zero-profit company, and almost paying $40 billion for Yahoo?by devx 13y agoHow about paying $8 billion for Skype, a zero-profit company, and almost paying $40 billion for Yahoo?lotso 13y agoSkype is about to pull in 2 billion in revenue. Surely there's some profit there.sbuk 13y agoI'm pretty sure Skype was strategic. Lync as a unified communications platform is all the more interesting because of it.