[bzbarsky]

> How can you ever implement Skype, for instance

This is why http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/webrtc.html exists.

[thegeomaster]

I was talking more about video encoding/decoding in real time as Skype uses a proprietary protocol and encoding scheme IIRC.

[sphink]

That is what webrtc is for too, without the "proprietary" part.

[thegeomaster]

My point exactly. Skype is a big P2P network using proprietary schemes for just about everything. They don't seem eager to interoperate with open standards in the slightest.