[Asterisk-Users] Skype purchased by Ebay 2.6 Billion

[Iqbal]

but ebay already entered India with purchase of Baazee

Iqbal

Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT) wrote:

>Ebay is seething with rage as yahoo took 40% stake in Alibaba in China.
>They want to counter that by acquring a large user base in Asia, so that
>their experience in Japan (Where ebay was kicked out completely by local
>players) is not repeated in China and India.
>
>This is an example of how you could make mistakes, if you don't keep
>your cool and learn to count from 1 to 10 before you prss the trigger on
>the gun.
>
>Seshu Kanuri
>
> 
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Colin
>Anderson
>Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 3:49 PM
>To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Skype purchased by Ebay 2.6 Billion
>
>Seems to me that the intellectual property (the network + encryption +
>client) is really the crown jewel here and an Ebay/Skype client is a no
>brainer. In fact, I can see a scenario where they drop or severly
>de-ephasize the voice part for their ends - maybe reduced to a "Powered
>by Skype" blurb on the client skin (just like you see "Powered by AOL
>search"
>or other claptrap on CNN) 
>
>The reality will be how well Ebay handles this. They will probably
>bumble it. 
>
>Funny thing is, for the $2.6 bil they spent for IP+client list, they
>chould have designed and implemented their *own* stuff coupled with the
>mother of all marketing campaigns (think global: tons of Skype users are
>Asians - any Asian users on the list care to comment about how this is
>being percieved in
>Asia?) 
>
>May You Live In Interesting Times.
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