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1、skype的命运不止自由一条路（Skype'sfatenotjustafreeroad）Inthelast4years,thedevelopmentofSkypehasnotbeendullatall.In2005,avalueof$4billionisquiteamazingdeal,eBayboughtthepopularnetworkcommunicationsserviceproviders,SkypeletsusersaroundtheworldthroughtheInternetfreec
2、all.WhatiseBay'sbolddream?That'stheintegrationofSkype'scommunicationnetworkwitheBay'se-businessintelligence.But,assomeobserversoutsidethecompanypredictedatthetime,eBaydidn'tgetwhathewanted.So,inSeptember1st,eBaysoldSkypetoaninvestorcommunityfor$2billion
3、750million,andforthisreason,forSkype,atumultuouseraended,andanothereraopened.Thegoodnewsisthat,despitetheacquisitionofSkypeisnotthebestmergerofeBay(eBay'sbestacquisitionistheacquisitionofPayPalin2002),butthetwocompaniesarefinallysafeandsound.ProfessorSa
4、ikatWaltonSchoolofmanagementabouteBayandJoepropositions,toescape",althoughthismanagementstart-upsmakeitbutitismentallyandphysicallyexhausted,andfinallysoldagoodprice.ForSkype,ithasbecomeaprofitablesectorineBay.Themostvaluablethingaboutthewholedealisthat
5、eBaydidn'tdestroythecompany."Gerald,aprofessorofbusinessandpublicpolicyatWaltonSchoolofbusiness,commentedbyFengfeng.GiventhefreedomofSkype,itcanbeseenthattoday'sfuturewillbebrighterthanin2003asahotstart-up.However,althoughtheSkypeintheworldtelecomservic
6、eprovidershavethemostlargeusergroups,however,withtheadventofGoogleCorporationandMicrosoftCorpandothercompetitors,Skypestillneedtoimproveitsgrowthstrategy,expertssaidattheWaltonSchoolofbusiness.Now,ithastofindawholenewwaytoturnitsserviceintomoney,whichmo
7、stconsumersusedtoenjoyforfree.CaneBaymakemoney?Priortothis,eBaywaspreparingtospinoffSkypeinaninitialpublicoffering(IPO),buteBaythreatenedtopostponetheplanuntil2010whenthreatenedbyalawsuit.EBayandJoltid,thisisacompanycreatedbytheSkypeNicholaszennstrandJa
8、nusFriescontrolledthecompanyis"networktechnology"(peer-to-peertechnology)usingauthorizationtosueeachother,Skypeistheuseofthistechnologytosendthephone.(peertopeernetworking)canbringpersonalcomputersacrosstheInternettosharecomputin
