There is WebRTC (http://sites.google.com/site/webrtc/ http://sites.google.com/site/webrtc/) for Real Time Communication/Conferencing which Google just open sour

There is WebRTC (http://sites.google.com/site/webrtc/ http://sites.google.com/site/webrtc/) for Real Time Communication/Conferencing which Google just open sourced. I think that's the way forward rather than developing a separate "Skype-killer" protocol/app.