Skype As We Know It May Not Exist Much Longer, eBay Says

eBay is working on software to replace the guts of Skype but is worried that it may not succeed, may lose a court battle with Skype’s founders over rights to the core technology and may need to do something drastic in the next few years. The company said in a regulatory filing yesterday that if it fails in both the legal and technical avenues it’s pursuing then continued operation of Skype’s business as currently conducted would likely not be possible