長久以來在新領域毫無建樹的情況下，自己已經慌了手腳，胡亂地併購個東西搶鏡頭，好讓自己看起來還有一點創意，是這篇文章的重點 (Why buy Skype ?)。
開頭的引文很令人玩味：
“IRREPRESSIBLE” is a word that is usually used to denote something that is hard to control or restrain. Steve Ballmer, the boss of Microsoft, is obviously very fond of it.
不該買且也買貴了，是許多人的共同看法。
