I have disabled Skype update and will not be using the latest versions. Hopefully this will allow my 3rd party apps and hardware to continue working since Microsoft decided to abruptly kill off the desktop api. I guess we will find out shortly if this will work. If not, Skype will have lost one more paying subscriber and I will find another VoIP solution.
MSI installers are more suitable for mass deployment, unattended installation & remotely installation using group policy.