How A Failed Poach Could Cost Mike Volpi The Skype Deal

Yesterday, the already very public fight for Skype entered yet another round, with the publication of recent filings of a motion for preliminary injunction against former Joost CEO and Chairman Mike Volpi and Index Ventures - where the man currently works as a partner - asking that he refrain from using knowledge or confidential information he obtained while at Joost in current dealings with eBay/Skype. There are loads of interesting nuggets in the documents, which are well worth a read if you're as fascinated by the whole thing as we are. For instance, would you have guessed both Facebook and multiple members of the Apache Software Foundation played an interesting role in this particular part of the story?