Interesting People mailing list archives
Shock threat to shut Skype
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:12:59 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Bill Daul <bdaul () pacbell net> Date: July 31, 2009 7:20:29 AM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Shock threat to shut Skype Asher Moses July 31, 2009 - 1:38PMeBay says it may have to shut down Skype due to a licensing dispute with the founders of the internet telephony service.
The surprise admission puts a cloud over the 40 million active daily users around the world who use Skype for business or to keep in touch with friends and far-flung relatives.
A recent study by market researcher TeleGeography found Skype carried about 8 per cent of all international voice traffic, making it the world’s largest provider of cross-border voice communications.
The online auction powerhouse bought Skype from entrepreneurs Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis for $US2.6 billion in 2005, but this did not include a core piece of peer-to-peer communications technology that powers the software.
<..> http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/shock-threat-to-shut-skype-20090731-e3qe.html -- Bill Daul Chief Collaboration OfficerNextNow Collaboratory: a synergistic web of relationships focused on transforming the present
http://www.human-landscaping.com/nextnow http://www.nextnow.net -- NN Network Blog http://www.nextnow.org -- NN Collaboratory Blog ================================== "Play with boundaries, not within." -- Bill Daul Chief Collaboration OfficerNextNow Collaboratory: a synergistic web of relationships focused on transforming the present
http://www.human-landscaping.com/nextnow http://www.nextnow.net -- NN Network Blog http://www.nextnow.org -- NN Collaboratory Blog ================================== "Play with boundaries, not within." ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
Current thread:
- Shock threat to shut Skype Dave Farber (Jul 31)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Shock threat to shut Skype David Farber (Jul 31)