Skype started as a variation of the now outdated Kazaa P2P file-sharing program. You see, Skype is a modified peer-to-peer (P2P) network application. Skype has historically had many software problems and late last year the entire Skype network crashed for several days, we can pretty count on these kind of problems showing up on a regular basis. Really, what were you thinking Ballmer when you wrote a check for $8.5-billion for Skype? You do know that not even two years ago Skype was valued at $2.75-billion right? Skype, the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and video program, is very popular.