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EBay Sells Skype To Marc Andreessen

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the must-be-nice-to-have-that-bankroll dept.

Julefrokost writes "Computerworld has a story about eBay selling Skype. Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape, along with a group of investors, are reported to have paid $2 billion for Skype. According to the New York Times, Google was also a potential buyer. Also, the original founders of Skype are said to have placed a bid, but Marc Andreessen & Co was the highest bidder."

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  1. Great, more price increases for Skype users now? by ickleberry · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Just like when eBay purchased Skype they brought in a slew of new price increases and a per-call connection charge in an attempt to win back how ever many billion they paid for it?

    I stopped using skype years ago because the quality was never great, not compared to my Cisco 7960G anyway. For a while I was even considering buying dedicated Skype hardware but now I'm very glad I didn't