Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Russian Telcos: Skype Is Hurting Our Business And Must Be Stopped
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| Over in Russia, for example, it appears that a bunch of telco execs are
| complaining about Skype. They at least try to pass off a plausible
| non-save-our-asses reason: mentioning security, but they don't do a very good
| job hiding the truth.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090726/0349145659.shtml
Recent:
Why eBay Should Open-Source Skype
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| The great thing about opening up Skype is that it wouldn't affect its
| business model, which is already based on giving away the code, albeit in a
| closed form. Money could still be made from the outbound calls from Skype to
| ordinary phone lines. But freeing Skype completely would encourage wider use
| of both it and its protocols as an entire ecosystem grew up around them,
| leading to more users, and more opportunities to sell them subscriptions or
| pay-as-you-go plans. The only thing that eBay would lose are some of its
| problems....
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/why-ebay-should-open-source-skype
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Microsoft and its minions have been FUDding Skype for some time now. For
that reason, it is banned in many companies. Now that the telcos are
getting in on the act, it must surely be proof that Skype is gaining
traction.
I must admit though, where bandwidth is scarce, IAX running speex gives
far better results.
Ian
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