Comments on: Why not Skapple?

By: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » Skype-eBay done for $4.1 Billion.

Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » Skype-eBay done for $4.1 Billion. — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:57:09 +0000

[...] Business Week reports that EBay is hosting an investor call at 5 am pacific time tomorrow morning – which they call unusual. Is this the eBay-Skype announcement? FT has a story saying the deal is in the works for $4 billion or change. “Honestly, I still don’t see the logic at anything near that price, but it could be we’ll find out shortly what eBay has up its sleeve,” writes BusinessWeek’s Rob Hoff. Me neither – it is a strange acquisition, if that indeed is the case. Yet another proof, in SV there is a sucker on every exit! More of my opinion, and what others think! In VoIP (the New Phone) Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 at 10:44 PM PT [...]

By: Jim Weiser

Jim Weiser — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 02:54:55 +0000

I’d like to see Apple, Skype & Sony get together!!

By: Bob Johnson

Bob Johnson — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:04:47 +0000

Gizmoproject is a better piece of software, very Mac like and offers more features than Skype. It is just out of beta but isn’t a closed system like Skype.

By: Manu Sharma

Manu Sharma — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:45:06 +0000

And I agree about Apple and Skype. Don’t know why Jobs’ would be interested in that. He’s already got too much on his plate (ceo at Pixar as well).

By: Pete Cashmore

Pete Cashmore — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:41:36 +0000

Google. News Corp. eBay. And now Apple? When will it end?

By: Manu Sharma

Manu Sharma — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:16:05 +0000

> Skype’s super valuation might be justified, some argue. No not as far as I can see!

Well, as I said... let the market decide. Maybe we'll soon find out. That is, if Skype has any plans to be bought at all. They might want to hold on and let the VCs exit the IPO route.

By: sig

sig — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:07:25 +0000

And if they’re worth their mettle they’ll skip the old-world phone (line or cellular) angle altogether and go straight for a wifi-voip-ipod thingie… and at least I would be happy as a clam :)

By: waking ideas

waking ideas — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:46:36 +0000

Snapple to buy Skype

Om Malic just posted an entry about how Snapple was "looking to buy Skype". Or at least that's what I thought when I saw the headline "Why Not Skapple?". Unfortunately, he was talking about Apple and Skype talking it up,...

By: Daniel Nicolas

Daniel Nicolas — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:37:53 +0000

Dang. I was hoping Snapple was trying to get in on the "Looking to Buy Skype" bandwagon.

That would be so cool. Buy a Snapple, win free SkypeOut. Want to talk but you're too busy drinking? Just Skapple!