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Skype Crack Spells Bad News For eBay: Page 2 of 2

Reports say that the Skype client has been reverse engineered, and that a compatible client using the cracked code will be released some time in August. If true, this is very bad news for eBay, because it'll make it much...
July 14, 2006

This could ultimately lead to serious problems on the Skype network. If there aren't enough supernodes, the quality of calls and service will degrade.

This is just one more problem eBay faces with its Skype acquisition. My bet is that people in the eBay boardroom aren't particularly happy right now.

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