Yep. Thats what it looks like to me atleast. Since ebay purchased skype for an astronomical sum, concerns have been expressed at how ebay is likely to look towards monetizing it and creating revenue streams. Yesterday’s news saw Skype’s proposal to come up with ringtones from various music publishers for its online VoIP service. Yea, sure looks a different revenue stream, but I would like to look at it as the first signs of shaky legs ! Goes to show how millions of people making calls at a pittance ain’t exactly the panacea for profitability, there’s more than meets the eye ! And giving further substance to these signs is a report suggesting that ebay is in talks with Y! and Microsoft in order to identify a suitable ally to combat Google ! Sure is a jittery business environment for these companies where their thrust is in identifying how to survive till tomorrow rather than how to make money today ;)