<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Ryan Coleman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryanjcole@me.com">ryanjcole@me.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On May 11, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Florin Iucha wrote:<br>
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> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 08:16:47AM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote:<br>
>>> Now, this is not necessary a bad thing - this is how Skype makes money<br>
>>> and can keep its services discounted to clients and profitable to the<br>
>>> shareholders. As long as you know and you agree, all is fine. The<br>
>>> trouble is when Skype consumes more resources that one expects.<br>
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>> Except that they have yet to turn a true profit :)<br>
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> How does $6bn sound?<br>
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Well, ok... on the sale, but not as a business model.<br><br></blockquote><div><br>For a lot of tech companies, getting purchased <i>is</i> the business model. :) <br><br>-Rob<br> <br></div></div>