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By Andy McCue, 28 September 2005 15:50

George Polk, the founder of The Cloud, delivering the keynote to a packed room of delegates, said Skype is a "joke" right now in the industry because it wasn't bought for its VoIP credentials.

"eBay's buyout of Skype had very little to do with voice over IP and much more to do with a community. Effectively what Skype did brilliantly was create an un-ignorable community," he said.

Photo: Will Sturgeon

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