Skype is for squares. IRC is where it's at.

Anyways, the only reason it's still used is because it's popular and there aren't very many useful alternatives to it, afaik. Also while we're at it, I haven't had problems with skype, that actually have to do with skype itself, in spite of the linux version being basically tacked on, and several versions behind the main. 

#linuxmasterrace, (even though it has nothing to do with anything)