The blogosphere was hot with Rumours regarding the Skype founders planning to buy Skype Back from Ebay. But things seem completely different. Ebay has planned an IPO for Skype which should be completed in the in the first half of 2010.

Tom Donahoe in a recent annoucement said

It’s clear that Skype has limited synergies with eBay and PayPal. We believe operating Skype as a stand-alone publicly traded company is the best path for maximizing its potential.

So things are seem quite clear and therefore crush the earlier rumours.

[via Mashable]