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Via Fark: Ebay Talks Fail

September 8, 2005

And for the last word on the Ebay / Skype story, we head to Fark — "Ebay reportedly in talks to buy Skype. Talks fail when at the last second some jerk bids $3,000,000,000.50"

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VoIP Magazine — We’re Skeptical

September 8, 2005

Bryan Richards at VoIP Magazine enumerates all the reasons why a Skype / EBay merger doesn’t make sense. Amen.

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The EBay/Skype story is really getting legs. News.COM is covering it, including the masterful understatement that "the deal would represent a dramatic shift in strategy for the world’s largest online auction site." Erik Lagerway (www.sipthat.com) also wrote a short piece, with the comment that "If Skype would only just integrate SIP, we could all play." [...]

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Galitzine Asks “Does EBay Want to be a Phone Company?”

September 8, 2005

Greg Galitzine is scratching his head over the EBay / Skype rumours as well. Like me, he can’t understand why this makes sense. While I understand the desire for even a leading company to maintain growth and identify new sources of revenue, but I don’t quite get the marriage of EBay and Skype. One of [...]

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EBay to Acquire Skype?

September 8, 2005

The Wall Street Journal apparently (I can’t see the article – it’s behind their firewall) reported this morning that EBay and Skype are in merger talks. Skype has declined to comment. I guess I must be stupid, because I don’t see the strategic value to either party. UPDATE: Andy Abramson points out that there is a [...]

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