eBay saw the potential and bought Skype but then didn't know what to do with it. The usage is much greater now, and the valuation higher than it was in the eBay days. The current management has done an excellent job of market placement.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Ray Champagne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, they sold it to a private equity firm a couple years back for like a > $1.2 billion loss. > > Which is why I don't understand the valuation by MS. eBay bought Skype in > 2005 for $3.1 billion, then sold it for a huge loss. Now I'm expected to > believe that it's worth about 3X that 2005 price? Something's fishy. > > http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/05/microsoft-buys-skype ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337649 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
