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[tetsuoxb]

There went a good thing...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050912/wr_nm/skype_ebay_dc

 

[DarienA]

<inhales>

BWAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

<ahem>

 

[Diablos]

Would you rather have Google or M$ buy it?

 

[tedtropy]

Did they use the 'Buy Now' option or try to hold out for a good deal? <wonk wonk>

 

[tetsuoxb]

Id much rather have Google buy it.

Ebay has a history of trying to screw you one way or another.

 

[tedtropy]

Would you rather have Google or M$ buy it?

Frankly, I'd rather Google have bought it. And using a dollar sign to substitute for the 's' in 'Microsoft' is henceforth forbidden.

 

[DarienA]

Would you rather have Google or M$ buy it?

Google... they haven't reached MS' level of evil yet.

So now ebay owns'... the auction site... the payment site... and now a communications package to let its users bitch back and forth with each other about auctions gone bad... that's rich.

 

[jax (old)]

How can Skype be worth THAT much?

Does Ebay still think its 1999?

 

[The Interrobanger]

How can Skype be worth THAT much?

Does Ebay still think its 1999?

It's called making an investment for the future.

 

[White Man]

How can Skype be worth THAT much?

Does Ebay still think its 1999?

MySpace sold for over 500 million dollars. IGN sold for 650 million. It basically is 1999 again.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

so, um, what was bought? I've never heard of this skype before.

 

[Hyoushi]

so, um, what was bought? I've never heard of this skype before.

What was bought was a VOIP software with free client-to-client communication and optional paid communications in and out from/to regular phones. And a userbase of 55 million.

 

[Ill Saint]

Fucking hell...

 

[MrPing1000]

sky pee *snicker*

 

[ManDudeChild]

MySpace sold for over 500 million dollars. IGN sold for 650 million. It basically is 1999 again.

You getting a Dreamcast on launch day?

 

[sefskillz]

You getting a Dreamcast on launch day?

hell yes.

 

[AB 101]

I bought a Dreamcast on launch day.

I am always a sucker for console launches.

This next gen will be no exception.