Windows 7 - Skype continues to go its own way (this time with video codecs)

Skype — which still is not officially part of Microsoft — isn’t in twiddle-your-thumbs mode as the antitrust scrutiny process for the acquisition continues.

In fact, Skype is continuing to roll out updates to its existing services on a variety of Microsoft and non-Microsoft platforms, including, as of this week, the iPad. It also is continuing to make some policy and strategy decisions which seemingly could conflict with Microsoft’s own.