Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-09 Thread Chris Blouch
Right, but the last I heard eBay said they either needed to come to an agreement with the patent holders or shut it down. This just shifts the problem to a new group of folks. CB Doug Lee wrote: > I sincerely doubt Skype ends or even changes that dramatically as a > result of all this legal stu

Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-03 Thread Doug Lee
I sincerely doubt Skype ends or even changes that dramatically as a result of all this legal stuff. Skype, the company, would not want that, and I should think Joltid, the company fighting with Skype over licensing, would not want to be known worldwide as "the company that killed Skype." :) A co

Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-01 Thread Chris Blouch
Right, but there was the recent spat with the original owners over patents on some of the underlying technologies. Apparenly eBay didn't actually purchase those and without them Skype was going to have issues. So I'm not sure what the new owners will bring to the table. If I just want to do pe

Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-01 Thread Dane Trethowan
This is yet another example of email being taken out of context , I didn't say that Skype was going to close rather thant it was going to change as we knew it. Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Skype has engrossed over 500 million this year as compared to the 7 > million 3 years

Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-01 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, Skype has engrossed over 500 million this year as compared to the 7 million 3 years ago. That's a huge indicator of the company's health and there is no reason it would shut down. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are sub

RE: eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-01 Thread Blake Sinnett
Going SIP would be great for them. > From: grtd...@internode.on.net > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors > Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:52:51 +1000 > > > If that's correct then that will be nice, the big problem w

Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-01 Thread Dane Trethowan
If that's correct then that will be nice, the big problem with skype at the moment is that you can only use a Skype client to communicate with a Skype client or a Skype client to communicate with others via the PSTN, mobile networks and so for whereas you can get any one of a million VOIP

Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-01 Thread Dane Trethowan
06 PM > Subject: Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors > > >> >> Yes, I had heard that Skype - as we know it - was going to end at the >> end of this year and I was going to ask if the Googletalk Client was >> accessible with Voiceover, has anyon

Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-01 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, My impression from the article and from the Skype blog is that Skype is alive and well. It's going to be a more independent company than in the past couple of years, as eBay will only own 35% of it. It was sold at more than anyone expected, so that's a good sign. Best, Anna --~--~---

Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-01 Thread hank smith
so skype will be no more at the end of the year? - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 6:06 PM Subject: Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors > > Yes, I had heard that Skype - as we know it - was going to end at the &g

Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-01 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yes, I had heard that Skype - as we know it - was going to end at the end of this year and I was going to ask if the Googletalk Client was accessible with Voiceover, has anyone tried it? On 02/09/2009, at 7:57 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > Wonder if this is the beginning or the end of somethi

eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-01 Thread Chris Blouch
Wonder if this is the beginning or the end of something? I know there are a lot of Skype users on this list. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137339/Report_eBay_to_sell_Skype_to_group_of_private_investors CB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message