It was easy being CEO of Ebay. Any knucklehead could of run Ebay. Until now. With growth slowing and competitors nipping at their heels Ebay needs to start lifting the heavy stuff. Is Meg Whitman up to the task? I don’t think so. The Skype deal makes zero sense.
10:21:05 Update: Meg gave an interview to CNBC this week defending Skype. The only salient defense from Meg for the Skype deal was that Skype is currently the market leader. OK. But are they $2-$4 billion worth of leadership? No good hooks back to the current Ebay b-model or how Ebay starts to monetize Skype. Yikes.
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