http://www.basexblog.com/2005/09/23/teaching-the-elephant-to-retire/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:54:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.basexblog.com/2005/09/23/teaching-the-elephant-to-retire/comment-page-1/#comment-14209 Microsoft and Skype: The Twenty-First Century Phone Company » Basex Blog » Tue, 10 May 2011 20:36:33 +0000 http://www.basexblog.com/?p=498#comment-14209 [...] is Microsoft’s largest acquisition to date.  Skype, as many will recall, was also acquired in 2005, in a transaction that left many mystified.  The purchaser was eBay and almost everyone wondered [...] [...] is Microsoft’s largest acquisition to date.  Skype, as many will recall, was also acquired in 2005, in a transaction that left many mystified.  The purchaser was eBay and almost everyone wondered [...]

]]> http://www.basexblog.com/2005/09/23/teaching-the-elephant-to-retire/comment-page-1/#comment-289 EBay Hangs Up on Skype… But Who Will Answer the Call? » Basex Blog » Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:34:34 +0000 http://www.basexblog.com/?p=498#comment-289 [...] Skype in 2005 because it had the resources to do so.  At the time the deal was announced, Jonathan Spira wrote that “the purchase of Skype serves notice to the telecommunications industry that voice is [...] [...] Skype in 2005 because it had the resources to do so.  At the time the deal was announced, Jonathan Spira wrote that “the purchase of Skype serves notice to the telecommunications industry that voice is [...]

]]> http://www.basexblog.com/2005/09/23/teaching-the-elephant-to-retire/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Whither Skype? » Basex Blog » Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:56:33 +0000 http://www.basexblog.com/?p=498#comment-56 [...] I wrote in my 2005 analysis of eBay’s acquisition of Skype, the purchase of Skype served notice to the telecommunications [...] [...] I wrote in my 2005 analysis of eBay’s acquisition of Skype, the purchase of Skype served notice to the telecommunications [...]

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