It isn't all free - if you want dialout/dialin that costs. Meski, I guess that's not the point - rather, has Skype's value increased greatly in recent years?
Remember Alan Bond and the price he bought and sold Channel 9 TV etc for. Actually, Skype's annual revenue and revenue growth is good right now, and its EBITDA grew by 40% last year. But like David C, I do wonder about the 8.5bn price. Ballmer reckons it's a great deal <http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/386032/ballmer_microsoft_won_t_tie_skype_w indows/> . ________________________________ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:38 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Microsoft buys Skype for $US8.5 billion On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM, David Connors <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Saw this today - interesting, considering that the speculation was that >> Facebook and Google were the contenders. > > Andreessen must be smiling like a Cheshire cat seeing as he and his buddies > bought it fro 2.something bln last year. > They'll have to sell a lot of free Internet phone calls to get the money > back. > -- > David Connors | [email protected] | www.codify.com > Software Engineer > Codify Pty Ltd > Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 > 189 363 > V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors > Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact > > -- Meski "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
