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in the case of skype, there is no doubt of the future for such a service. however, it made little sense for ebay, of many of the juggernauts, to make that purchase. skype makes money...only a little less than $100 million per year(?). but the intrinsic value of such a company pertains more towards a company like AT&T than ebay.

I don't think buying a company like skype is a bad idea. I do think overpaying for it and not having a clear strategy to an investor is worse though. and, as i mentioned, expanding for the sake of showing growth to investors is a terrible business strategy. ebay is now obviously and literally paying for the acquisition while the previous CEO is laughing to the bank.

that said, i do hope other companies have the same chance that skype did so that new groups of people can make decent money from acquisitions. i hope that these buyouts continue for a while (i'm certain they will), although these situations should send warning signals to these companies to be more careful of their purchases. not to mention that they really need strategies to utilize these companies.]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:34:09 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/10/17/3121e1ab2e8ecb0801bbc12711158307.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/1/19/9d1acda6f5ce7f42755af897cce668bc.html iPhone, in LA via Skype. Apparently, my number appears as some random gibberish when the caller receives my Skype Out call. This is trash. Apple should go into a partnership with Skype/Ebay to integrate the service with Skype. There is a service which handles what I'm talking about, but it should be a natural match between both providers. I don't even mind if Apple takes a cut as part of the service, but it would be nice for something like this to work (either that or my friend should really start answering the phone more often!)]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:58:55 -0700 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/1/19/9d1acda6f5ce7f42755af897cce668bc.html