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winjeel
September 2nd, 2009, 10:37 PM
(Sorry if this has already been posted, I did have a look over the first few pages here)

eBay is apparently selling Skype to a group of private investors for $2.75 billion. I found this out from an e-mail from innerpass, which makes a plugin for Skype.
coldReactive
September 2nd, 2009, 11:26 PM
Real source?
ibutho
September 2nd, 2009, 11:37 PM
Real source?

Take a look at the announcement on Skype's news page (http://about.skype.com/news.html).
coldReactive
September 2nd, 2009, 11:44 PM
Take a look at the announcement on Skype's news page (http://about.skype.com/news.html).

Let's hope the new people do better.
HappinessNow
September 2nd, 2009, 11:45 PM
Take a look at the announcement on Skype's news page (http://about.skype.com/news.html).


eBay to Receive Approximately $1.9 Billion in Cash; Retain Approximately 35 Percent Stakehttp://about.skype.com/news.html

This definitely is a huge profit for ebay. This could be a whole precedent for ebay, software/IT companies selling their companies on ebay.

I wonder how much Canonical would go for on the ebay bid system?...it would be interesting to see.
CharmyBee
September 3rd, 2009, 12:13 AM
I wish Google could have bought it. It would have helped compensate the losses from owning YouTube, which I find as too good to lose.
coldReactive
September 3rd, 2009, 12:17 AM
I wish Google could have bought it. It would have helped compensate the losses from owning YouTube, which I find as too good to lose.

Google already has a similar product.

http://voice.google.com
Tibuda
September 3rd, 2009, 12:28 AM
Google already has a similar product.

http://voice.google.com

They had Google Videos before buying YouTube.