Jabber transport for Skype?

[jana]

I wasn't sure where to ask this question but I thought jabber is quite popular among Linux users, so maybe you can answer my question.

Does anyone know if there is a jabber transport for Skype? We use Jabber at our university, but a lot of our students use Skype, so it would be nice if I could chat with them without having to start the Skype client all the time.

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[seekingferret]

I know that kopete has plugins for both Jabber and Skype, but the Skype plugin just starts the skype client, hides it, and intercepts messages to it, I think.