Sorry for OT but oh, yes. Definitely. I used Skype long before it became Microsoft. Everybody I know and matters to me is on it. Nobody uses anything else. No Whatsap, no Google Talk, no Jabber, no nothing. Skype. Difficult to avoid. The acquisition made me hesitate for about 3 seconds but it was not enough to switch and try to force everyone in my circle to do the same.

But even without that, I would choose Microsoft products over Google any time. Microsoft may be evil but they are evil only as far as large corporations go. Do you drive? Then you deal with a corporation more evil than Microsoft every time you fill up.

Google is worse. Microsoft gets their money by seling software. Google does by selling you. Oh yes, I would choose Microsoft over Google any time.