If you could utilize the resources of the end users' computers, you could do things much more efficiently.

Another differentiator is that Skype is free and simple to set up, and it costs us virtually nothing for a new user to join the Skype network, which is why we can offer the service for free.

Angry Birds is one of the fastest-growing online products I've seen, growing even faster than Skype, and the company has done a brilliant job of extending it across different platforms and merchandise.

Skype is for any individual who has a broadband Internet connection.

And the VCR did the same thing: the movie industry thought nobody would ever watch movies any more.

I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date.

Some Internet operators are concerned that video services such as Netflix and YouTube consume lots of the bandwidth on the network. While there is some truth to this, my guess is that the operators wished they could provide the same kind of services with the same success as Netflix and YouTube.