>"is" would be correct. Skype is unchanged. Microsoft, by law, cannot have any influence over Skype until the purchase has been finalized.
Not for someone that will never by something from Microsoft unless there is no viable substitution, for me, the moment Microsoft buys something it is already spoiled
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