The big news this week is the eBay purchase of Skype for billions of dollars and I must have seen a dozen web sites asking why eBay would buy Skype? I think I have the answer, and it’s a lot simpler than most people think. eBay was nailed by their own auction setup and just couldn’t resist hitting that BUY IT NOW button. 
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