Skype Out

avc.com

"it may be an inspiration to VOIP entrepreneurs everywhere to think big and create new services that can someday be as big or bigger than Skype. And that's a good thing."

That's a darn good thing. There have been a few comments in the various discussions here about VoIP increasingly being a commodity, and the fact that Skype has some, but not devoutly loyal, brand value. Having it valued at $8.5Bn could incent some other start-ups with great ideas to enter this space.

I know there are plenty of choices out there. This may breathe some fiscal energy into the market to help a few (some of which may not exist yet) to stand out as greater alternatives.

Big companies mostly mess up entrepreneurial companies when they buy them and it really is best that companies like Skype stay independant and run by their founders if that is possible.

"independant" - google doesn't even mark it as a typo.

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