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Re: [News] Skype Teaches All Why Free Software is Needed

  • Subject: Re: [News] Skype Teaches All Why Free Software is Needed
  • From: Homer <usenet@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:11:32 +0100
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Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:

> Backdoor in Skype? We need an open-source replacement

It beats me why there's this big fuss over Skype, there's plenty of
other VoIP software/service to choose from, much of which is GPL:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_VoIP_software

Why anyone would want to lock themselves into Skype mysterious closed
software, I have no idea.

-- 
K.
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