Skype backtracks, won't kill PC peripheral compatibility (yet).

[aztony]

Good news, desktop Skype users: While a scary-looking pop-up may have told you earlier this year that much of the functionality on your third-party headsets, cameras and phones will stop working by the end of 2013, your precious VoIP investments are no longer in jeopardy—for now.

People who use Skype with third-party instant messaging clients are staring at a far bleaker future, however.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2061298/skype-backtracks-wont-kill-pc-peripheral-compatibility-yet-.html