Really? Skype loses money year after year. The tech team is great, but the business unit suck hind tit.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:337653 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
