$4.1 billion ?? :-O

Skype is the most popular VOIP tool available and its user database is really vast.
The current downlod count from Skype.com is 166,121,527 :-O
It has also got different versions for Windows, Mac, Linux & Pocket PC.

Finall after being most popular for all these years, it has got a competitior(Google).
Many people, including me were thinking Google will surely have a better voip tool. But now Ebay, the internet business giant acquiring Skype, can make a difference and may be developers at Google must be worried about putting more efforts to their own version of VOIP(Google Talk)
I was surprised when a collegue of mine pointed to this news.
But yes, I was always thinking of this news. But never expected Ebay in the buyers place.

You can read more about this news here:
eBay to Acquire Skype(at skype.com)
EBay Paying Up to $4 Bln for Web Phone Co. Skype(at nytimes.com)