Will Sony layoffs affect Skype distribution?

Skype software runs on the Sony PSP 2000/3000 and Sony Mylo, perhaps on the Playstation 4 some day. Sony Corporation announced they are setting free 8000 employees and 8000 contractors from the 160,000 employee company. The decimation and plant closings should affect Sony's semiconductor, recording media, and television manufacturing most.

We won't know for until next year how this will affect products that can extend Skype's reach.

See also:

• News Release Bereft of Emotion or Humanity: Sony Announces Initiatives to Improve Profitability and Enhance Operational Efficiencies in its Electronics Businesses.
• New York Times, Silicon Alley Insider, CNET layoff coverage.
• Sony Ericson joins the Open Handset Alliance (to make Android handsets).

tags: skype, sony, psp, mylo, sony ericson, layoffs, us, japan

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