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Strictly as a fan of business hardball, you have to tip your cap to the Scandinavian team of Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. First the founders of Skype got eBay to pay close to $3 billion for the Net telephony pioneer while somehow retaining control of its key technology. And now, after being snubbed in their attempt to buy the company back, they’ve won themselves a healthy chunk in exchange for that technology, while putting a beat-down on a friend-turned-enemy for good measure. Nicely played, gents.
