Let’s face it, Skype is a brand. Most users can care less about the technology behind it. I mean, do you really care if your mobile network is Lucent-Alcatel or Nokia-Siemens powered? Same for how Skype works. If it’s JoltID that provides the P2P technology that Skype may lose the rights to or if Skype switches to an all-SIP based architecture, as long as it works, then the users won’t care.
But the issue around JoltID is far more greater than what it means going forward for Skype. One has to look back and ask oneself what did eBay buy if the core part of the technology wasn’t part of the deal.
I can see the lawyers for the shareholders cranking up the printing presses.