I am not planning on "upgrading" my MSN messenger to Skype.

I use Trillian as an IM client, so if I'm logged on to MSN, I'm also logged on to gchat and AIM. If anyone has me on MSN and wants my contact details for either gchat or AIM, let me know and I will happily pass that on to you!

(I will also recommend Trillian or Pidgin as alternate IM clients, for anyone who wants something for gchat that's similar in use to the old MSN Messenger.)