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Poll: what should eBay do with Skype?

Henry Blodget of Silicon Valley Insider comments on the departure of Skype CEO Nilklas Zennstrom today, as well as what he terms eBay taking a $1.4 billion asset-impairment charge, Henry notes:Skype has missed the targets Zennstrom and his team set at the time of the sale.
Written by Russell Shaw, Contributor

Henry Blodget of Silicon Valley Insider comments on the departure of Skype CEO Nilklas Zennstrom today, as well as what he terms eBay taking a $1.4 billion asset-impairment charge, Henry notes:

Skype has missed the targets Zennstrom and his team set at the time of the sale. Thus, eBay will only pay $530 million of the potential $1.7 billion earnout (some small consolation).

He then takes a look at the bigger picture. Essentially Henry tells eBay to cut and run:

Skype is rapidly surrendering its early dominance of soft-phone VOIP to other more focused competitors, and if it stays within the eBay fold, we think further write-downs will be in the offing. Skype was a $2-$4 billion eBay hail-Mary pass, and it just officially fell incomplete. eBay should just acknowledge that and move on.

OK, say you are eBay:

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