Automatically running multiple instances of Skype via cygwin

function app_skype {
        user=$1
        password=$2
        echo running skype $user
        before=`ps -Ws | grep -i "skype.exe" | awk '{print $1}'`
        after="${before}"
        cygstart "${USERDRIVE}/PortableApps/PortableApps/SkypePortable/SkypePortable.exe" /secondary /minimized /username:${user} /password:${password}
        echo waiting for skype pid...
        while [ "$before" == "$after" ] ; do
                after=`ps -Ws | grep -i "skype.exe" | awk '{print $1}'`
        done
        echo waiting for skype to listen...
        for pid in ${after} ; do
                ok=""
                while [ -z "${ok}" ] ; do
                        ok=`netstat -nao | grep -E " LISTENING\s+${pid}\$"`
                done
        done
}

app_skype john.smith mysecretpassword
app_skype johnny76 myothersecretpassword
app_skype pepito.sbazzeguti lamiapassword