Yeppers! Microsoft is going to buy Skype for $8.5 billion.

The deal gives Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) access to the market for real-time video and voice communications. The software maker said it plans to use Skype to support such products as the Xbox gaming system and Windows Phone.
Anyone here like me believe this will signal the end to Skype and a bigger push for Google Talk?

Source: Microsoft to buy Skype for $8.5 billion - May. 10, 2011