Has the cash-cow skype become a carcass ready for the slaughterhouse ?

Ebay dumping Skype ? Rumours confirmed according to this article. Has the cash-cow skype become a carcass ready for the slaughterhouse ? How much meat can be scraped of it at this moment in time ?

Some links.

eBay considers Skype sale
Thomson Merger News (subscription), UK - 17 hours ago
eBay, an online auction giant, has confirmed what market pundits have been suggesting for several weeks: that it is considering selling Skype.

EBay considering ditching Skype?
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 4 hours ago
At the time, Whitman talked of using Skype to connect eBay buyers and sellers through Internet phone calls. "Communications is at the heart of e-commerce ...
EBay weighs selling Skype Sydney Morning Herald
eBay Mulling Skype Sale Slashdot
Ebay to mull Skype sale if synergies not strong: report Reuters
Register - Los Angeles Times
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Technology Briefing
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Apr 17, 2008
EBay Inc. said it will consider selling its Skype telephone division if it cannot be integrated with other units.

eBay will consider selling Skype
CNET News.com, CA - 3 hours ago
New eBay CEO John Donahoe told the Financial Times the online auctioneer will consider selling Skype if it can't find a way to make the service better

Why Skype Should be Sold to Google
TMCnet - Apr 17, 2008
In fact, perhaps when Motley Fool writes about just how atrocious the Skype purchase was for eBay I should just accept it.

eBay Ponders Skype Sale
Telecomweb - 9 hours ago
Auction site eBay reportedly considering putting Skype on the block,