Hadron Quark wrote:
> alt <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:28:29 +0100, Mark Kent wrote:
>>
>>> Attila <jdkaye10@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> New Skype beta has been release as well....
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/
>>>>>
>>>>> But it's proprietary and therefore risky (see bottom)...
>>>>>
>>>><snip>
>>>> Hi Roy,
>>>> As you suggest, this is hardly good news. Notice the version numbers
>>>> for Windows (3.2) Mac OS (2.6) and Linux (1.4) and you get an idea
>>>> where Linux fits in, in the Skype scheme of things. The User Guide
>>>> seems to be limited to Windows. It's also risky because if it gets too
>>>> popular we have another proprietary nightmare like MS Office, where we
>>>> get locked into a format or a protocol over which we have no control.
>>>> Skype's pedigree is hardly shining. These are the people who brought us
>>>> Kazaa.
>>>>
>>>> I tried Wengo2.1 and had great trouble getting it to work. I wasn't
>>>> greatly impressed. My favourite sip client is Twinklephone. Sadly it's
>>>> only available for linux at the moment. Sjphone isn't bad and supports
>>>> linux, mac and windows. Ekiga is nice but the last I looked didn't
>>>> support macs (yes, a lot of my friends use macs). If Skype has its way,
>>>> none of this choice will exist.
>>>
>>> The technologies to look at are Sip Expres Router and Asterisk, and
>>> connect clients to those. Anything else is just digging a hole into the
>>> world of pain of proprietary lock-in; something only really fit for
>>> Windows zealots.
>>>
>>
>> I would suggest also looking at Callweaver (formerly OpenPBX). It's a
>> fork from Asterisk due to ideological differences between themselves and
>
> *snigger* Another dead end fork with little or any user base.
Another fine "true linux advocacy" post from hadron Quark
>> Digium. There are plans to replace the SIP Stack (something I
>> personally
>> have considered a big weakness in Asterisk). As well, they have
>> apparently removed the hardware requirement for the conferencing bridge.
>
> Use Skype. It works and it's supported.
>
The "true linux advocate", "kernel hacker", "emacs user", "swapfile expert"
and "X specialist" Hadron Quark again with his zero-knowledge proofs
Do you have any idea at all how different Asterisk and Skype are?
Why not?
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