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"EBay plans IPO for Skype, citing limited synergies" http://www.physorg.com/news158949373.html http://www.physorg.com/news158949373.html Captain Obvious calle
by FlorinAndrei 18y ago
"EBay plans IPO for Skype, citing limited synergies"
http://www.physorg.com/news158949373.html http://www.physorg.com/news158949373.html
Captain Obvious called, wants his headline back.
I'm surely not the only one who thought the Skype acquisition by eBay was a huge WTF. Now they are forced to admit it.
- keopi 18y agoThis is one of the things that I never really understood about Skype either. I have never been using Skype and think, "I should check eBay right now!" It is funny that they are both independently profitable. No synergy at all.
- elq 18y agoI worked at ebay when the skype deal was announced... we learned of the impending purchase by seeing an article on WSJ... there were no rumors, no speculation... it was just unfathomable. To be fair to my former employer, they attempted (several times) to create "synergies" between skype, paypal, and eBay - the frequently restarted "Trident" project for instance. But these projects always had the feel of shaping reality to fit Meg's viewpoint, and always doomed to failure.