Skype has always had a pretty bleak future on Linux, updates are sometimes years apart, but at least the application keeps on working. Skype is a multi platform

Skype has always had a pretty bleak future on Linux, updates are sometimes years apart, but at least the application keeps on working. Skype is a multi platform product, Microsoft obviously knows this and although Linux will never be a first class platform for Skype, I would be very surprised if it was to be dropped completely.