こないだ某所にインストールしてきたのですが、買われちゃいました…。eBayや決済サービスのPayPalとの連携を深めるとか。
eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY; www.ebay.com) has agreed to acquire Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies SA, the global Internet communications company, for approximately $2.6 billion in up-front cash and eBay stock, plus potential performance-based consideration. The acquisition will strengthen eBay’s global marketplace and payments platform, while opening several new lines of business and creating significant new monetization opportunities for the company. The deal also represents a major opportunity for Skype to advance its leadership in Internet voice communications and offer people worldwide new ways to communicate in a global online era. Skype, eBay and PayPal will create an unparalleled ecommerce and communications engine for buyers and sellers around the world.
とりあえず、Skypeの創業者のNiklasとJanusは現在のポジションにとどまるということなので、今後もVoIPサービスの発展を望みたいところです。
We are totally motivated for now and the next several years to continue all this great work and to try to exceed all of your expectations and more. We have some great ideas about what happens in the next chapter and think we have some powerful friends to help us realize our dreams. We can't wait to work with you all in writing the next chapter and together make it possible for the whole world to talk for free.
