The sources asked not to be identified because details of the negotiations are confidential. (reuters.com)
Durban, who jokingly likens the deal to marrying off one of his daughters, and Andreessen are uncharacteristically mum when it comes to the juicy details of the negotiations, and Microsoft declined to make Klein available for the story, but clearly Microsoft was bidding not against another buyer but against the valuation Skype expected to secure from its public offering. (fortune.com)
An Assyrian source spoke to Newsweek about details of the negotiations. (relevantmagazine.com)