Hey Microsoft, want to know how to make Skype really pay off?
I decided to sit back and watch the reactions to Microsoft’s purchase of Skype before I made any comment, well done Om for gazumping everyone.
Firstly, a couple of interesting points
1. Microsoft paid around $1000 per customer (imagine Facebook at that kind of valuation)
2. A lot of sites reported that Google and Facebook were in the ring, I [...]
Skype sold to Netscape founder
It seems like the rumours that I have been hearing for the last five to six weeks have been confirmed.
Skype has been sold.
Reuters are quoting two sources this morning confirming that the purchaser is a group headed by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen.
Whilst the price being mentioned is around $1.8 billion I believe that this will [...]