Comments on: Will Joltid Turn eBay's Dream of a Skype IPO Into a Nightmare? http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Could SIP Save Skype? | Ian Bell http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167474 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:29:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167474 [...] a technology owned by Skype co-creators Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis via their company JoltID, is the fulcrum of leverage in their ongoing dispute with current Skype owner eBay and its potential purchasers. If you were either the buyer or seller [...]

]]> By: Could SIP Really Save Skype? http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167473 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:01:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167473 [...] a technology owned by Skype co-creators Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis via their company JoltID, is the fulcrum of leverage in their ongoing dispute with current Skype owner eBay and its potential purchasers. If you were either the buyer or seller [...]

]]> By: Wll eBay’s new investors escape the Kazaa curse? | cars burner http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167472 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:50:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167472 [...] lurk, The two controversial Skype founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, are embroiled in a bitter legal dispute with eBay, which originally purchased the company from the duo for $2.6 billion. Friis and Zennstrom, who [...]

]]> By: Skype Sale Nears: Why eBay Shareholders Should Be Mad http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167471 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:33:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167471 [...] That is why the decision to sell the company at just over three times sales doesn’t make much sense to me. Unless of course, eBay management is trying to use this deal to paper over the problems that continue to plague its core business of auctions. The other reason, could of course be the legal problems faced by Skype. These legal problems are a primary reason Skype’s IPO dream have turned into a nightmare. [...]

]]> By: Phil http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167470 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:04:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167470 A half a billion (with a ‘B’) users are registered with Skype. And they grew significantly in 2008.

So, sorry the description “dumb idea” doesn’t quite cut it, not with 500 million users anyway.

]]> By: eBay CEO: $2B Valuation for Skype Is “Low” http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167469 Thu, 07 May 2009 17:31:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167469 [...] thrown around by analysts, calling that valuation “low.” He is ignoring the fact that eBay doesn’t own the core IP for Skype and is in a legal tussle with founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Of course, eBay spent $2.6 billion on Skype, so one [...]

]]> By: With IPO On Its Mind, Skype Shows Growth http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167468 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:15:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167468 [...] comments Regardless what happens to Skype – resold to founders, merged with another web giant or spun off via an initial public offering – one thing remains clear: the company is showing raw growth in both its revenues and registered [...]

]]> By: The Skype IPO: “It Ain’t Over ‘til It’s Over” | Voice on the Web http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167467 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:31:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167467 [...] Failure to reach a resolution of the current patent licensing dispute with Joltid [...]

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167466 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:05:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167466 Truphone could not fix this problem for them – they are two wholly incompatible companies. Truphone sell cheap minutes to travellers – Skype is a general communications company. Truphone offers no value to Skype.

]]> By: Meg http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167465 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:27:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167465 Help me out here… Ebay buys Skype for $3B, but the underlying technology that makes it work is not included in the sale, and the sellers (who made a killing) then sue Ebay for using it??

Forget about the fact that Ebay buying Skype was a dumb idea to begin with. But even if it made sense, was there no due diligence???

]]> By: Krishna Baidya http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167464 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:28:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167464 looks like janus & niklas had it planned all along ….. which appears quite funny to me that none from whitman’s team had any clue of this coming.

]]> By: R-win.com · eBay brengt Skype naar de beurs in 2010 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167463 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:17:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167463 [...] Malik stelt dat eBay aan private investeerders 1,4 miljard dollar vroeg: “(…) Wall Street has been clamoring for some sort of a resolution for a [...]

]]> By: eBay brengt Skype naar de beurs in 2010 « De Koopman http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167462 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:03:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167462 [...] Malik stelt dat eBay aan private investeerders 1,4 miljard dollar vroeg: “(…) Wall Street has been clamoring for some sort of a resolution for a [...]

]]> By: OutSider http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167461 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:09:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167461 The easy way around this IP issue is for Skype to purchase a proper SIP VOIP based provider such as Truphone!

]]> By: Incider http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167460 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:58:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/14/will-joltid-turn-ebay-dream-of-skype-ipo-into-a-nightmare/#comment-167460 I predict it’s a non-issue. Every other IM and VOIP system gets along fine without it. Come to think of it, so does Hulu! P2P was good for piracy.

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