07-20-2006, 08:29 AM
Quote:Every quarter, one hopes EBay will provide some clarity on Skype, and what kind of success the company is having with its $2.6 billion purchase. And every quarter, one is left scratching his head, pondering over meaningless metrics. It is baffling because eBay calls it third division, and engine of future growth. However unlike core eBay and PayPal divisions, Skypes performance is a riddle wrapped in an enigma...
Meg Whitman, on the call, pointed out that Skype added nearly 19 million users for a total of 113 million users worldwide.
Thats an uptick of nearly 19% quarter over quarter. I should be impressed, but I am not. Why? Because registered users dont necessarily mean active users. It would be great to see the active user base, not registered users because people can register and never use the service...
full article: http://gigaom.com/2006/07/20/skype-all-t...not-facts/