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Licensing Dispute Threatens Future of Skype
tomlins writes "eBay is faced with the prospect of having to close down the hugely popular VoIP app Skype due to its reliance on proprietary code still owned by Skype's original founders, who are threatening to pull the plug on the licensing agreement they have with eBay."
Ekiga sucks dick, and it sounds like you're chocking on one.
Ekiga has no encryption. Everyone will be able to hear you chocking on dick.
On Linux, Skype is buggy as hell. It would be actually good if they go away and someone like Google step in with something functional. They need it anyway for their Chrome OS.
That is due to the buggy nature of Linux... if Linux sound is so problematic, I can imagine that the video interfaces are no less shitty.
Mmmm. I think I will post this as AC... this kind of posts are not liked by Linux zealots around here
You're right. The Ekiga website sucks. Tried looking for a MacOSX version of it, finally was able to find this page... however, the whole experience convinced me to try SkypeOut instead, even if proprietary. (we're dropping landlines at home for cellphones-only, and thus need cheap landlines calling capabilities, SkypeOut is 3$/month with illimited call in Canada/USA... sounds like it can work for us (yeah, I know, there's the 911 thing to take into account))
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