Meanwhile, few Skype users actually pay to use its services - and many may resist doing so. eBay ( EBAY), which previously owned Skype, famously failed in its efforts to integrate the company into its auction business. Bates will be charged with growing Skype’s business and will help oversee efforts to connect Skype with Microsoft’s other products. To cap it off, the Internet calling company announced earlier this month that instead of going public, it had agreed to be acquired by Microsoft for a whopping $8.6 billion in cash.Īs part of the merger, which still has to be approved by regulators, Bates, a former Cisco Systems ( CSCO) executive, will become president of Microsoft’s new Skype division and report directly to CEO Steve Ballmer. The company has consolidated its local offices to Palo Alto, announced plans to hire hundreds of new workers, added a video calling feature to its iPhone and Android applications and acquired a competitor, all while preparing for a planned public offering. My staff and I are very glad that you have chosen Lantern as your new home.SAN JOSE - Tony Bates has had an eventful seven months as Skype’s new CEO. We appreciate the trust and the faith you have instilled upon my staff and me to serve you and your family. It is truly an honor and a privilege that you have chosen us to care for you. Thank you for giving my staff and me an opportunity to be a small part in your life. We strongly believe that we are our client’s voice and advocates. It is our responsibility to create an environment and a life style that enables our elderly clients to live a life filled with quality and dignity. Our elderly clients have worked and toiled all their lives and we believe that it is time for them to kick back, relax and have time of their life.

My staff and I believe that excellence in hospitality and care is a culture rather than a standard or an expectation. We try to care and serve the way they desire and prefer. Everything we do at the Lantern revolves around our client’s needs and their preferences. Old age should never prevent us from living our life the way we always did. I believe that age shouldn’t stop one from enjoying and living one’s life to their fullest.

Aging is unavoidable however, certain facets of aging may be negotiated or delayed by engaging in a life style that stimulates and facilitates healthy aging. Every one of us begins to age the day we are born.

A message from the skype ceo