A quick update on Skype: the next Skype version will include native PulseAudio support. And not only that but they even tag their audio streams properly (http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/tagging-audio.html). This enables PulseAudio to do fancy stuff like automatically pausing your audio playback when you have a phone call. Good job!

In some ways they are now doing a better job with integration in to the modern audio landscape than some Free Software telephony applications!

Unfortunately they didn’t fix the biggest bug though: it’s still not Free Software!