[Asterisk-Users] Skype purchased by Ebay 2.6 Billion

[Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT)]

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-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[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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