Is it possible to use skype via empathy

From what I'm seeing there is no support for it, I am not understanding why Empathy replaced pidgin....plugin support is minimal :(

I found https://launchpad.net/spyke which seems to be a kind of skype plugin, but I didn't manage to get it working.

I found the following link on Google. Check it out, let me know...
http://code.google.com/p/skype4pidgin/issues/detail?id=51

as far as i can see this is by no means solved, can someone please change the status ?

I agree with Grosser, why was this marked as solved when it clearly isnt?

Searching for the solution too, has anyone found something new?

Found this in Ubuntu Forum from "paulsomm" http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1453407

"Yes, it works in Empathy (use it myself under 10.10). It's not called Skype tho. Install Skype, then install the pidgin-skype package, start skype, then when you run Empathy the skype plugin shows up as account type "bigbrownchunx-skype-dbus".
Methinks a developer has a sense of humor
Note: Skype must run in addition to empathy."

myself:
Havn't gotten it to work just yet?

I am able to see my Skype contacts and exchange text messages. How do I place and receive calls? I can make Skype calls when I use Pidgin, but not Empathy. I wouldn't call this thing 'solved'.

If you right click the contact in empathy after having installed the plugin there will be an audio call option which will open a skype window for the call.