Oracle to buy Siebel

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First I hear eBay has confrimed it is to buy Skype for 2.6bn. That's enough news for one day.

Then I read that Oracle will buy Siebel for 5.85bn.

Quick comparison of the 2 acquisitions today:

Skype: 2 years
old. Revenues for 2005:
64m. 56m
users. Bought for 2.6bn.

Siebel: 12 years
old. Revenues for 2005:
392m. 3.2m users.
Bought for 5.8bn.

Now, things come in threes...