8.5 billion. damn, i left that in my other pants. big question is if it will still remain free. ebay bought skype a while back, but funny thing about fre services, you dont make any money .
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First, Skype isn't entirely free, if you're using it to call landlines. Second, I believe they offer premium and corporate accounts.Originally posted by Dead...Again View PostYeah, I have never understood how these companies that only offer free services can be worth so much...
Also, you have to look at data mining. There's companies that will pay a lot of money to get facts about who's using Skype from where and when. Plus god knows what else I'm not even thinking of.
Beyond that, you have add revenue. I haven't used Skype in a while, so I can't remember if it's included, but even a tiny add box like AIM has can probably be worth millions upon millions in add revenue.
Look at Google, most of their main profitability is through AddSense.[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/Igorod/troopdod.jpg[/img]
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