Skype lives on, reaches settlement with Joltid
Today Skype announced that the company has reached a settlement with Joltid. The net result is that Skype now owns the technology and Joltid founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis will join the investor group that is in the process of buying Skype away from eBay as well as the Skype board.
If those names sound familiar, they should. Zennström and Friis were also the founders of Skype, back before eBay bought the company.
While there's a lot of backroom politics involved in the deal, here's what it means for users: Skype isn't going to close up shop anytime soon.
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Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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William said 1:02PM on 11-06-2009
"Joltid founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis will join the investor group that is in the process or buying Skype away from eBay"
Are the Joltid founders wealthy enough to buy Skype from eBay?
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William said 1:03PM on 11-06-2009
Oh, I just realized, it's probably a typo; "...in the process OF buying Skype..."
Got it. Never mind. =)
octoberasian said 2:31PM on 11-06-2009
I'm glad this might be close to being resolved.
I use Skype for my primary work number (Skype-In number). And, it's also relatively cheaper than landline phones when making long-distance and international calls.
If it wasn't for the 911 caveat, I'd use this permanently.
However, if it does go down, I may try Vonage, but the issue I have is that I need broadband without a landline. And, I don't want to resort to Time Warner Cable Internet given their bandwidth throttling and poor customer service. Currently have DSL with AT&T.
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ol0uxrq4hlowoml3 said 6:05PM on 11-06-2009
Try looking at www.ooma.com