Comments on: Skype Acquires Sonorit http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/04/11/skype-acquires-sonorit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=skype-acquires-sonorit An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Valentina http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/04/11/skype-acquires-sonorit/#comment-1416 Valentina Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:39:48 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/04/11/skype-acquires-sonorit/#comment-1416 This is a Skype / eBay move in the right direction to complete with Microsoft, Google, AOL and Yahoo, and let's not forget that Google is a very strong technology company and top eBay competitor. Skype core biz is voice and it cannot afford to depend on the 3rd party license, but must own the core voice technology, as Microsoft does. However Sonorit/Camino is too small (less then 10 people), was formed as a company just several months ago, has no shipping product, has no single customer, so this acquisition does not solve Skype technology hole yet. This acquisition is not to avoid paying royalties to GIPS, this is strategic Skype technology move to compete with Microsoft, Google, AOL and Yahoo, there are several clear less costy ways for Skype to stop paying royalties to GIPS, and GIPS legal suite has no strong base. Following Skype acquisition by eBay in September, this acquisition validates again high market prices for software voice technology companies, like Skype, GIPS, Camino and SPIRIT. This is a Skype / eBay move in the right direction to complete with Microsoft, Google, AOL and Yahoo, and let's not forget that Google is a very strong technology company and top eBay competitor. Skype core biz is voice and it cannot afford to depend on the 3rd party license, but must own the core voice technology, as Microsoft does.

However Sonorit/Camino is too small (less then 10 people), was formed as a company just several months ago, has no shipping product, has no single customer, so this acquisition does not solve Skype technology hole yet.

This acquisition is not to avoid paying royalties to GIPS, this is strategic Skype technology move to compete with Microsoft, Google, AOL and Yahoo, there are several clear less costy ways for Skype to stop paying royalties to GIPS, and GIPS legal suite has no strong base.

Following Skype acquisition by eBay in September, this acquisition validates again high market prices for software voice technology companies, like Skype, GIPS, Camino and SPIRIT.

]]> By: VoIP Blog and Podcast http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/04/11/skype-acquires-sonorit/#comment-1415 VoIP Blog and Podcast Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:27:34 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/04/11/skype-acquires-sonorit/#comment-1415 <strong>Skype gets better VoIP - buys Sonorit for 27M</strong> Well, FINALLY! As a shareholder of Sonorit I was asked to keep quiet and not blog about the companies (Sonorit and Camino Networks) at all. I kept my word and let the rest of the world find out about... Skype gets better VoIP – buys Sonorit for 27M

Well, FINALLY! As a shareholder of Sonorit I was asked to keep quiet and not blog about the companies (Sonorit and Camino Networks) at all. I kept my word and let the rest of the world find out about…

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