A few years back online auction site eBay purchased Skype for about $3 billion. But the two companies have always seemed like an awkward fit. After all, while in theory it might make sense to integrate Skype's VoIP and chat technology into eBay's site to help facilitate auctions, the truth is that email works just fine for working out the kinks in most transactions. And eBay has never really done very much to integrate Skype with its other services.
Now the New York Times is reporting that Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis are
exploring the possibility of buying Skype back from eBay. It's not clear how much money they'll need to buy the company back, but it seems likely that eBay could let it go for significantly less than it paid for the service.
Tags: ebay, skype
