eBay and Skype - what does it mean for developers

I just wanted to take a moment to share a little with you about why we at Skype are so excited about the announcement and why we think it will bring new opportunities to build an ecosystem of developers, service providers, and content providers. If you have not seen the details of the announcement, have a look here.

So what does this mean to the existing partners who have been building businesses on Skype does anything change?

Nothing changes for developers and for Skype's developer relations team other than we now have access to a new group of friends with great technology at eBay and PayPal. We will continue to build the team, invest in building a world class developer community, and grow the opportunity for others to make money using Skype. We will continue working hard to build the APIs, tools, and resources to make it possible for you to make money building things we never dreamed of.

Skype will remain an independent company as part of eBay much like PayPal and will continue to be 100% focused on our goal of building the worlds largest internet communications company. Our current strategy remains in tact and is supported by our new family at eBay.

Overtime we will work towards ways to become better together, but given eBay's commitment to enabling and empowering communities, developers should be as excited as we are here at Skype about the good things coming for all of us.

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Comments

hi, I have just D/LOADED Skype & i just wondered why everyone dosn`t use this sort of comunication.
Like me on the net, it would save a bomb as far as phone calls are concerned,surly?. but i think like my Mrs
there all still living in bedrock (flintstones) but I`m not going down that road, take far to long.
thanks anyway
JR.

i just bought a skype phone ...simple one.

i don't understand why i can't dial from this phone just pressing the "send" key from the phone, but instead i need to click on the enter in my computer ... didn't skype API allows developers to instruct the software to call someone specific ?

i also don't understand why i can't download my skype phonebook into this phone.

you should try the forums for that question... this isn't exactly the place.

Hi Lestermadden (and the rest of the skype devellopers),

I wasn't surprised that the founders of Skype cashed and accepted the offer of Ebay, but directly the thought came to mind that the implimentation of Skype in websites could end!
That's why i visited your site today, and it's great to read that "nothing changes for devellopers".

With friendly greetings,

Yepper65