Zennstrom Live!
Amid the furor of Skype, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis being sued under RICO (Andy Abramson scored the scoop), Zennstrom's appearance next Tuesday at VON Canada should be fascinating. On the schedule, he's slated to offer an “Industry Perspective”, which likely involved how wonderful the $4.1-billion Skype-eBay deal was working out and how Skype was thriving amid growing VoIP competition. While Zennstrom could still touch upon these topics, you have to believe the media (bring your passports, U.S. reporters!) will descend on him for some dirt on the lawsuit. Given there's some confusion/mystery about why Zennstrom doesn't travel to the U.S. (it was always believed he didn't want to be served with legal papers), he has been a frequent visitor to Canada and the VON show. Given the growing buzz about the lawsuit now, I wonder if Zennstrom will bail on VON and decide that staying in London is a safer legal option.
Tags: Niklas Zennstrom, Skype
March 27th, 2006 at 6:55 pm
Mr Wave Theory writes about the inside scoop on the Skype / Morpheus lawsuit. Apparently, the Skype founders stole the technology from Morpheus.
http://mrwavetheory.blogspot.com/2006/03/skype-founders-getting-skyped-by.html
I find it amusing that these guys act more like cowboys than geeks, and lawbreakers rather than entrepreneurs. Sometimes, I think mix up the two.
March 30th, 2006 at 9:00 pm
Seems like Stefan Oberg, VP Product Development, is coming in lieu of Niklas. Look carefully at the 1:00 p.m. Tuesday time slot on the page you linked to above.