Skype成了新嫁娘，ebay是好老公
Skype成了新嫁娘，ebay是好老公
但是婚姻幸不幸福就不知道了。
網路越聯越緊密了，線上線下的界線也幾乎不見了，可是隨著一家又一家的公司被大公司吃下，總讓我有點害怕。
「Communications is at the heart of ecommerce and community,」 said Meg Whitman, President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay. 「By combining the two leading ecommerce franchises, eBay and PayPal, with the leader in Internet voice communications, we will create an extraordinarily powerful environment for business on the Net.」
總之，可以確信的是：以後的ebay會很多媒體，而影音化的線上拍賣時代已經到來了。
skype的角色也應該會從網路上的「電話」變成「智慧型手機」，成為電子商務的主要窗口。
延伸閱讀：
eBay to Acquire Skype
**A New Way to Communicate**
eBay真的買下了Skype
Dan Gillmor的質疑:
eBay Buying Skype: The Privacy Question Grows
大抵上是說Skype的加密安全性並未經過外界專家加以檢視，而ebay又對政府調查使用者資料百依百順，兩者這般的結合讓Gillmor很擔心。
Man on the Skype Interviews: What does the eBay-Skype deal mean to you?
壓倒性的悲觀看法，特別注意From Taiwan的這篇:
"Actually, our eBay experience is terrible. I truly wish they (Skype) can become better... every email we sent to them is just like throwing a stone to the ocean. That is why I do not see any difference having eBay buy Skype."
Skype - Chapter 2
樂觀看法，五點策略：
1. Consumer and Small Business Focus is enhanced.
2. Skype will extend the eBay model to consumer created content.
3. Possibly invert the eBay model.
4. Skype and eBay profiles.
5. Skype as a platform.
9.23補記:
Skype Security and Privacy Concerns from Slashdot
