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eBay Buys Skype

  • 18-09-2005 3:55pm
    #1
    blahblah06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭


    http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200509120351572.html

    http://www.skype.com/


    ***A New Way to Communicate***

    September 12, 2005 | 03:52AM PST/PT



    Meg Whitman

    I’m excited to let you know that eBay plans to acquire Skype, the leader in online voice communications.
    Skype has set a new standard in online voice communications with outstanding sound quality and unmatched ease of use. And like eBay, Skype has a fast-growing community -- some 54 million Skype users around the world already use their PCs to talk with one another.

    And best of all, conversations between Skype users via PC are free. You can get up and running on Skype in just a few minutes. Just go to http://www.skype.com/go/x.home to learn more and download the free Skype software application. Try it – it’s fun!

    Over time, we intend to make voice communications a part of the eBay marketplace – a huge step forward in making transactions faster and easier, as well as bringing even more interactivity and humanity to the eBay Community.

    You can include your Skype ID in your About Me page. For now, however, Skype links may not appear in View Item pages. We’ll be working with you, our Community, over the next few weeks to thoughtfully work out the details of how eBay and Skype will interact, including any policy changes that may be required.

    We expect this acquisition to be finalized soon. In the meantime, you can learn more about our Skype plans in the news release we issued just a few minutes ago.

    Working together, eBay, PayPal and Skype will redefine online trade and community. I hope you’ll join us in this exciting new chapter in eBay’s history.

    Sincerely,

    Meg


Comments

  • #2
    Nukem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,082 ✭✭✭Nukem


    Makes perfect sense - give the seller/buyer easier faster ways to communicate and Business goes up on eBay. There be a very intelligent lady,watched a show on her before and she has so many ideas in her head its scary.

    Nukem


  • #3
    blahblah06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    Ye Meg is brilliant. Great to see her around. long may it continue


  • #4
    R0ot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭R0ot


    Looks like this could really make skype alot better, (if thats possible) but i cant say that id love getting calls from marketing people.


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