Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by tskaiser 3284 days ago
Skype (the company) was founded by Niklas Zennström, a swede. Skype (the software) was originally developed by estonians.

The company is what is pertinent to the discussion :)
1 comments
aedron 3284 days ago
It was founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (Danish) in equal measure. The software was based on Janus Friis' earlier work (the Kazaa p2p network). It was developed by an outsourced team in Estonia.
link
tskaiser 3284 days ago
As a Dane I'm a bit embarrassed to forget Janus Friis. Thank you for the correction and elaboration.
link