Longtime friend in VoIP Jason Fischl has left Skype as of this past Saturday. The news came out via a Facebook page change.
Fischl, who is one of the true experts in SIP and RTC, was heavily involved at Skype in the RTC efforts under Jonathan Rosenberg, as well as being the guy charged with figuring out the doomsday alternative should Skype have ever lost their claim to the JOLTID algorithm.
A start-up's CTO at heart, Fischl will be missed but in my mind has made the right move, rather than get caught up in the SkypeRosoft merry go round that's about to begin. Expect more departures as stock options vest and the lock up period ends. Few of the core team at Skype will really want to stick around inside Microsoft and in a year or so the idea of a free standing Skype will be only a phrase, not a reality.
