Re: OT: ebay bought Skype

2005-09-13 Thread P. J. Alling
I guess the internet boom is back. Jens Bladt wrote: I have been using Skype for a couple of years - free telephone calls over the internet. Now ebay.com bought Skype from Janus Friis - the 29 years old Danish guy, who invented and developed Skype. The price tag was 25 billion kroners (4.2 bill

Re: OT: ebay bought Skype

2005-09-13 Thread frank theriault
On 9/13/05, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 07:54:21AM +0200, Jens Bladt wrote: > > A city planner gets 3 million kroner a year? Yes, but have you seen their cities over there? -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: OT: ebay bought Skype

2005-09-12 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 07:54:21AM +0200, Jens Bladt wrote: > I have been using Skype for a couple of years - free telephone calls over > the internet. > Now ebay.com bought Skype from Janus Friis - the 29 years old Danish guy, > who invented and developed Skype. > The price tag was 25 billion kron

RE: OT: ebay bought Skype

2005-09-12 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's a lot of money! Are you sure it's BILLION? I'm starting to think eBay's getting a little too big, and getting their fingers into too many pies. Shel "Am I paranoid or perceptive?" > [Original Message] > From: Jens Bladt > Now ebay.com bought Skype from Janus Friis - the 29 years old