icebox12
16-09-2005, 05:16 PM
Hello all,
Most / nearly all of you have heard of skype before... who hasn't ;)
Well anyway if you havn't Skype is a little program for making free calls over the internet to anyone else who also has Skype.
Skype was created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, founders of KaZaa (http://www.kazaa.com)
Well anyway you want the good information don't you...
You have heard of ebay yes? Well they have offered a large amount of money to buy Skype from Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies SA.
All of the full information is found here :-
http://www.skype.com/company/news/2005/skype_ebay.html
I think +rep is deserved for finding this :) But that's up to you of course lol anyway
Good find wasn't it :p *not sure if someone else has reported this so partayssss* :eusa_danc :eusa_danc
P.s. If you can't be bothered to view the site here is a small extract from it:-
eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY; www.ebay.com) has agreed to acquire Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies SA, the global Internet communications company, for approximately $2.6 billion in up-front cash and eBay stock, plus potential performance-based consideration. The acquisition will strengthen eBay’s global marketplace and payments platform, while opening several new lines of business and creating significant new monetization opportunities for the company. The deal also represents a major opportunity for Skype to advance its leadership in Internet voice communications and offer people worldwide new ways to communicate in a global online era. Skype, eBay and PayPal will create an unparalleled ecommerce and communications engine for buyers and sellers around the world.
Most / nearly all of you have heard of skype before... who hasn't ;)
Well anyway if you havn't Skype is a little program for making free calls over the internet to anyone else who also has Skype.
Skype was created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, founders of KaZaa (http://www.kazaa.com)
Well anyway you want the good information don't you...
You have heard of ebay yes? Well they have offered a large amount of money to buy Skype from Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies SA.
All of the full information is found here :-
http://www.skype.com/company/news/2005/skype_ebay.html
I think +rep is deserved for finding this :) But that's up to you of course lol anyway
Good find wasn't it :p *not sure if someone else has reported this so partayssss* :eusa_danc :eusa_danc
P.s. If you can't be bothered to view the site here is a small extract from it:-
eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY; www.ebay.com) has agreed to acquire Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies SA, the global Internet communications company, for approximately $2.6 billion in up-front cash and eBay stock, plus potential performance-based consideration. The acquisition will strengthen eBay’s global marketplace and payments platform, while opening several new lines of business and creating significant new monetization opportunities for the company. The deal also represents a major opportunity for Skype to advance its leadership in Internet voice communications and offer people worldwide new ways to communicate in a global online era. Skype, eBay and PayPal will create an unparalleled ecommerce and communications engine for buyers and sellers around the world.