Skype Sold to E-bay

[biostud]

click

 

[keeleysam]

Wow... i didn't think they were that big.

 

[rh71]

short-sighted: so ebay users can contact each other via voice after auction wins ?

 

[vi edit]

Woah. That's a lot of jack. 1.3 billion in cash?

:Q

 

[Howard]

I can't see any good coming of this.

 

[Accipiter22]

Repost.....I asked waht skype was in the original thread. It sounds like a type of fish. Except I don't think someone would pay 1.4 billion for a fish...unless it was a really good fish, and maybe the profits went to charity.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Repost.....I asked waht skype was in the original thread. It sounds like a type of fish. Except I don't think someone would pay 1.4 billion for a fish...unless it was a really good fish, and maybe the profits went to charity.

It's not a repost. Go view the original thread. That was a WSJ article saying they were in talks. It does not say anywhere that it was sold.

This thread is about the actual sale.

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Repost.....I asked waht skype was in the original thread. It sounds like a type of fish. Except I don't think someone would pay 1.4 billion for a fish...unless it was a really good fish, and maybe the profits went to charity.

This thread is about the actual sale.

of the skype fish?

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Repost.....I asked waht skype was in the original thread. It sounds like a type of fish. Except I don't think someone would pay 1.4 billion for a fish...unless it was a really good fish, and maybe the profits went to charity.

This thread is about the actual sale.

of the skype fish?

We'll let you know when you're funny. Until then..quit trying so hard.

 

[keeleysam]

Oh, and that is about $1500 a user.

 

[Atomicus]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Woah. That's a lot of jack. 1.3 billion in cash?

:Q

half in cash, half in stocks.
Here's a better link from a more thorough source
Money CNN

 

[chibchakan]

Buying Paypal made more sense than Skype. eBay has too much money.

 

[Yanagi]

So Ebay = teh next google?

 

[Atomicus]

Originally posted by: Yanagi
So Ebay = teh next google?

Doubtful. Google may eventually swallow up Ebay :evil:

 

[mcvickj]

The article on Slashdot says $2.6 Billion http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4237338.stm

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: mcvickj
The article on Slashdot says $2.6 Billion http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4237338.stm

"In a press release Monday, EBay said will pay about $2.6 billion, split evenly between cash and eBay stock, and could also pay up to $1.5 billion more, in 2008 or 2009, in performance-based incentives."

Direct from CNN.

The other articles say the same thing.

 

[halik]

err...what the hell did they buy it for?

 

[middlehead]

Totally not worth it

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Repost.....I asked waht skype was in the original thread. It sounds like a type of fish. Except I don't think someone would pay 1.4 billion for a fish...unless it was a really good fish, and maybe the profits went to charity.

This thread is about the actual sale.

of the skype fish?

why don't you just google it?

 

[Cal166]

'Skype is in for a little surprise if eBay pays with Paypal. Whoops, your account is locked, sorry."

 

[Accipiter22]

lmao

 

[Hexx]

Then Google will devourer the entire internet. BTW, how many people really use Skype. I didn't think it was that popular.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: Hexx
Then Google will devourer the entire internet. BTW, how many people really use Skype. I didn't think it was that popular.

One of those articles says they sign up 150,000 users a day. Wow

 

[FoBoT]

ebay is evil

they are the new microsoft, but they suck much more than microsoft

half.com was great until ebay bought them, then they were just another ebay

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

This was a very shrewed business move.