gibbergibber - 3:10 am on Apr 22, 2009 (gmt 0)

"Well if you combine Gtalk, with video chat (already done) and combine it to Google Voice, it won't take much to render Skype obsolete"

Skype's main asset isn't its technology, it's the massive userbase. Whoever buys Skype would be doing it mainly for the famous name and the large amount of subscribers.