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 [...]
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 [...]