[governance] RE: Licensing Dispute Threatens Future of Skype

[Avri Doria]

On 1 Aug 2009, at 17:06, Michael Gurstein wrote:

> Hmmm.. Maybe it is too big to fail...


my guess is that the incumbent telecom providers would love to see it  
fail.  plus 'too big to fail' just mean that rich people will feel  
some pain if it fails,  has nothing to do with the needs of LDCs, NGOs.

one thought, since Zennstrom et al, still hold the license on the core  
piece of technology, can't we assume that if they can't get sufficient  
compensation from eBay, they will either come out with a new offering  
themselves or find someone else to license it and put out a new  
offering?

what is sad is that no one really believes that eBay can get it to  
work with VoIP.

a.

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