Another developer is working on connecting Skype to a MySOL server. That will enable a nice scalable Presence Server solutions. More than a few people are waiting for this solution.

I'm writing a VC Win32 service to intercept all the events of Skype and store it into a MySQL Server. Next I'd like build a Presence server and other stuff (like php o java web applications)... I want to release it as Open Source project on Linux and Windows platforms and I'm working to do it. I'm also looking for developers interested in it. I'll post more details as soon as possible. forum.skype.com