EBay to buy Skype.
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Forget Siebel and Oracle. This is a huge deal for a new company, $2.6 Billion, but possibly going up to $4.1 Billion!
EBay to Pay at Least $2.6B for Skype
I have to admit I'm not sure what Ebay gets out of this acquisition, some potential International customers for ebay? If they wanted VoIP capabilities in their website for buyers to chat with sellers, they could do it much cheaper, after all Skype has pretty much been built entirely using 3rd party codecs that any other vendor can go and purchase the dev rights to. So if I was an ebay share holder, I am not sure I would be impressed with this expensive purchase.
Forget Siebel and Oracle. This is a huge deal for a new company, $2.6 Billion, but possibly going up to $4.1 Billion!
EBay to Pay at Least $2.6B for Skype
I have to admit I'm not sure what Ebay gets out of this acquisition, some potential International customers for ebay? If they wanted VoIP capabilities in their website for buyers to chat with sellers, they could do it much cheaper, after all Skype has pretty much been built entirely using 3rd party codecs that any other vendor can go and purchase the dev rights to. So if I was an ebay share holder, I am not sure I would be impressed with this expensive purchase.
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Thinking of droping 2 to 4 B US$ on a aquisition, come talk to Tyler mcManus and Co for sound advice.
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