A panel discussion from Spring VON 2007 in San Jose, California, exploring the question of the advantages of open standards vs. proprietary software in the world of VoIP deployments. With the runaway success of Skype, members of IMTC and one brave Skype employee ask, why bother with standards? For more information on IMTC, please visit www.imtc.org, imtcblog.blogspot.com, or email Kfir Pravda directly at marketing@imtc.org.Moderator: Anatoli Levine - Sr. Director, Software Support and Services, RADVISIONJonathan Christensen - Sr. Director, SkypeHåkon Dahle - Chief Technologist, TANDBERGKfir Pravda - President, Pravda Marketing ServicesPeter Saint-Andre - Director of Standards, Jabber Inc.Shantanu Sarkar - Sr. Manager, Cisco SystemsChris Steck - Director of Technology Strategy, RealNetworks Less