Comments on: eBay warns Skype in danger of shutdown

By: Per-Fredrik Hagermark

Per-Fredrik Hagermark — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:30:31 +0000

Very interesting that ebay spent that kind of money without fully controlling the code that goes into the service. Due Diligence could have been better I guess.

Or as previous comments claim, this can all be part of negotiation tactics since the founders of Skype have tried to buy it back from eBay. Will be interesting to follow, a shame to lose great service if it comes to that.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:56:51 +0000

One-word solution: Broadvoice.
Bye bye Skype.

By: masimons

masimons — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:00:54 +0000

If ebay folds to this, they are idiots. Skype having IP related to the same people selling the comapany to ebay is ripe for lawsuits.
Simple matter of disclosure.

By: PT

PT — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:49:22 +0000

Money may be the underlying evil. eBay should do something to rebuild a relationship / agreement with Joltid and save Skype.

By: Frequent Skype User

Frequent Skype User — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:41:37 +0000

I am just glad Microsoft didn’t buy it, or else it would be either gone or tied to Win 7.

By: Lyle Stephens

Lyle Stephens — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:00:48 +0000

I’m sure each of us has a list of apps that have been taken over from their developers and then abandoned or screwed up by their new owners. MusicMatch Jukebox is at the top of my list. I would like to get rich too, by selling a good idea to someone else, but as a customer who helped pay for the development of someone else’s good idea, I feel screwed by the guys who took the money and ran.

By: PK

PK — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:58:13 +0000

An obvious solution is that eBay should ask Apple to help and even do a merger with their iChat platform.

By: iPhone App Developer

iPhone App Developer — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:29:50 +0000

It’s a shame Skype isn’t in safer hands.