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Title: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: sam on November 21, 2009, 05:39

http://www.physorg.com/news177919207.html

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: Rik on November 21, 2009, 10:14

That's a relief. ;)

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: Simon on November 21, 2009, 12:09

Never used it myself.  :dunno:

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: Rik on November 21, 2009, 12:35

Me neither. But anything not being owned by eBay sounds good to me.

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: Simon on November 21, 2009, 13:04

I'm surprised Google didn't buy it. 

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: Clive on November 21, 2009, 13:53

We used to use it a lot but people find out about your Skype address and try and spam you.  That's why we stopped using it. 

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: Simon on November 21, 2009, 14:01

That's not surprising.   ':|

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: sam on November 21, 2009, 18:08

I live on skype these days. Lizzie has it on her 3 mobile in the UK and so that means I can basically call here whenever - very useful (and free of course) when you are living on the wrong side of the planet from your loved ones.

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: Simon on November 21, 2009, 18:35

I can see it's uses in those circumstances. :)

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: sam on November 21, 2009, 18:50

Quote from: Simon on November 21, 2009, 18:35

I can see it's uses in those circumstances. :)

tis also pretty nice in that its free...

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: Simon on November 21, 2009, 19:17

As are lots of things.  :)

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: Clive on November 21, 2009, 23:26

Quote from: sam on November 21, 2009, 18:08

I live on skype these days. Lizzie has it on her 3 mobile in the UK and so that means I can basically call here whenever - very useful (and free of course) when you are living on the wrong side of the planet from your loved ones.

Must be perfect for you Sam.  I think you should add us as  contacts so we can listen in and offer advice.    ;D

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: Tony on November 22, 2009, 00:01

We use it all the time to keep in touch with our Son and Daughter-in-Law out in Kazakhstan

Clive you can only get spammed if you want to be spammed. Just set it up that only people in your address book can contact you. And as nobody can get in your address book unless you let them in.........simples

Title: Re: EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Post by: Clive on November 22, 2009, 08:55

Thanks Tony.  I think we were using an early version of Skype but we no longer have a use for it.  Nobody ever came through on voice unless we allowed them to but people knew we existed and would ask permission to talk to us.  I'm sure that the software became more sophisticated in later versions.