The next day Microsoft said it was buying Skype, an internet calling and video service, for $8.5 billion.

另外，就是第二天微软就宣布以85亿美元收购网络视频通话公司Skype。

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Its flexible, generalpurpose architecture has made it the platform on which new technologies, from voice-over-internet calling to peer-to-peer file-sharing, have been incubated.

在其灵活，通用的体系结构所造就的平台上，网络语音电话，对等文件共享等一系列新技术相继孕育而生。

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The next day Microsoft announced its purchase of Skype, an internet calling and video service, for a frothy-looking $8.5 billion—ten times its sales last year and 400 times its operating income.

次日，微软就宣布豪掷85亿美元收购互联网通话和视频服务Skype，相当于该公司去年销售额的10倍，对应营业利润的倍数更是高达400倍。

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He points to Skype's free Internet calling, with its threat to the phone companies' most lucrative business.

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Others that fully work in the background include Internet calling apps, and those that perform long downloads.

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The burgeoning industry of low-cost internet calling is not required to uphold classic (and often cumbersome) telecoms rules.

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