Oh the irony. The week after their first start-up, Kazaa, got nailed to the record industry cross by Aussie courts, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis have sold their second little start-up, Skype, to ebay for USD$2.6 - $4.1 BILLION (that's $5.3 BILLION Aussie shekels). If at first you don't succeed....
I'm always skeptical of acquisitions that don't have a precise synergy with the existing business. Let's see... auctions... telephony.... hmmmm. Can Skype make auctions better? Can auctions make Skype better? Do they add value to each other? I don't see it. Click to talk? Sheesh. I thought the great thing about ebay was that you didn't HAVE to talk to people. People are weird. Gimme a well designed website anyday.
That said, Meg's a smart girl and I'll defer to her judgment.
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