eBay-baas: ‘Uitstel van executie voor Skype’
April 17th, 2008 door Erwin Boogert
Mag Google Skype kopen? De nieuwe directievoorzitter van eBay, John Donahoe, beantwoordt die vraag in een interview met de NY Times met:
“(…) Mr. Donahoe has signaled that everything eBay does is up for review. Among the speculation on the sweep of that statement is the possibility that eBay will sell Skype, which eBay bought in 2005, to the Internet search giant Google.
Mr. Donahoe did not dismiss the possibility, but said he wanted to give Skype’s new chief executive, Josh Silverman, more time to look at synergies between the calling service and eBay. “Let’s see if they exist,” he said. “In the meantime, we’re building a great business.” (…)“
En een leuke persoonlijke noot uit het krantenverhaal:
“(…) I will say at one point in the first quarter I got an e-mail from my mother that said, ‘John, eBay sellers may not love you, but your mother does.’ (…)”
April 17th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
SKYPE heeft imho nog niet helemaal de Tipping Point bereikt. Kan nog gigantisch worden via mobiel.
April 18th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Follow up Scott Wingo: http://ebaystrategies.blogs.com/ebay_strategies/2008/04/ebay-admits-tha.html