by Michael Cooney

Senior Editor

eBay to buy Skype?

Opinion

Sep 9, 20051 min

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that eBay is in talks to exercise a BuyItNow option on Skype to the tune of $2 billion to $3 billion.

That’s a boatload of Beanie Baby auction money there. Out of all potential well-heeled suitors, eBay definitely wasn’t the first that sprang to our mind. It’ll be interesting to see where – or how – this pans out.

Via USA Today

Data Center

by Michael Cooney

Senior Editor

Michael is a senior editor with Network World focused on deciphering the strategies of many core high-tech vendors such as Cisco, Arista, Juniper, HPE and IBM. Michael has been writing about the industry for more than 33 years and has won coverage awards from ASBPE and FOLIO. He has a BA in Journalism and Technical Writing Certificate from The Pennsylvania State University.

He can be reached at michael_cooney@foundryco.com.

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