I heard a rumor that the FaceTime open spec never happened due to complicated patent issues, possibly related to this one: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20

I heard a rumor that the FaceTime open spec never happened due to complicated patent issues, possibly related to this one: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20236114 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20236114 All of this is a damn shame because in my experience the competing standards don't have the usability and quality that FaceTime provides.