Microsoft finally buys Skype for $ 8.5 billion

It one of the biggest buys online when Microsoft decided to finally get Skype, one of the biggest providers of free VOIP and video conferencing in the world today. A few months ago, rumor has it too that Google is eyeing to buy the said video conferencing mecca but now that Microsoft has bought it, will they pursue with the plan to use it in their XBox 360?