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Define greed? Selling a 2-bit p2p company for 1.6 BILLION and then bitching about it. Even the YouTube guys haven't done that and theirs was a bigger initial i

by zandorg 17y ago

Define greed? Selling a 2-bit p2p company for 1.6 BILLION and then bitching about it. Even the YouTube guys haven't done that and theirs was a bigger initial investment. [Edit: Not saying the YouTube guys would, but it's a good comparison]

buugs 17y ago
Even though it may be greedy ebay was asking for it by not making sure they were actually buying all of skype and not just the front end.
pclark 17y ago
Define theft? What if eBay doesn't own the code - why should the founders simply give their IP and core tech away?