America has voted, again.

This week, we asked you if Microsoft overpaid when it offered to buy Skype, the Internet phone provider, for $8.5 billion.

Did MSFT get swindled? That’s not clear. However, more than 80% of you thought MSFT’s $8.5 billion was too rich. But everyone differed in how much.

The largest block of readers, or 40%, believed Microsoft overpaid by $3 to $4 billion. Nearly 16% thought MSFT $8.5 billion offer should’ve been lowered by $1 billion to $2 billion. Another chunk, or 12.6%, thought Microsoft’s offer was too rich by $5 billion to $6 billion. There was also a segment of people, 12.6%, who believed MSFT shouldn’t have paid anything for Skype.

Still, some voters didn’t have any issue with the buyout. Nearly one-fifth of readers, or 18.9%, thought Microsoft’s $8.5 billion bid for Skype is just right.

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