eBay To Buy Skype For $2.6 Billion

Posted by Zonk on Monday September 12, 2005 @12:12AM from the that's-a-lot-of-voice-communicating dept.

rfunches writes "It's not a rumour anymore. BBC News online reports that eBay will pay 'half the amount in cash and the other half in stocks to create an unparalleled e-commerce and communications engine'." The $2.6 billion purchase would give eBay access to the VoIP market, of which Skype claims it has 2 million users online at any given time. BBC speculates that eBay will use Skype to allow sellers and bidders to communicate via voice; I have also heard that live auctions a la Sothebys might also be a possibility. Also reported at Wall Street Journal (registration), New York Times."

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1997 insanity? by cpu_fusion · 2005-09-12 00:57 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Myspace, IGN, Skype ... Google worth more than major media companies ...

Sure, we've got a costly war in Iraq, 100+B hurriance, an economy still kicked in the balls from 9/11; what we need now is some CRAZY INTERNET SPECULATION! WOOHOO!

Come on boys and girls, let's create some easily replaceable, shiny trinkets that we can sell these bozos for billions! This will fix the economy!!!!

WoooooOOOOOO!!!!!! YeaaaahhhhhhhhhHHH!