2006/9/27, Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>:
On Wednesday 27 September 2006 12:01, Fibonacci Prower wrote:
> 2006/9/27, Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>:
> > On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 11:42:56AM -0500, Fibonacci Prower wrote:
> > > And while they do, what? Stop using their programs and hope they'll
> >
> > still
> >
> > > care about the Linux community to make a new version?
> >
> > I guess its like other proprietary software that broke forever due to
> > windows
> > upgrades and the like. Its part of the nature of proprietary software.
>
> Which propietary software as ubiquitous as Flash broke forever due to
> Windows upgrades?
>
> Most likely someone will soon reverse engineer skype entirely, at which
>
> > point
> > two things will happen, one of which is that skye to standards compliant
> > gateways will appear, the other regretably is that millions of infected
> > voice-spam boxes will begin phoning everyone on the planet non-stop
> > selling
> > viagra.
>
> You not liking Skype is not a reason to remove support for it. It's the
> only way millions of people have to talk with their loved ones without the
> phone bill skyrocketing. And yes, that includes me.

I personally refuse to use skype because of its proprietary and peer-2-peer
nature.  I dont want my voice calls routed through someone elses computer
using a protocol i cant review.

I personally would sugest that you use a standards compliant software say
kphone or ekigra and a service such as Free world dialup.    they have stun
servers which will help you with nat issues.

Are they available for Windows? Not everyone uses GNU/Linux, you know - in fact, most people use Windows.

I live half way around the world from My family  and have gone to the lengths
of setting up an asterisk box at home  connected to a pstn provider in
australia so that my non technical family members can pick up a regular phone
and call me for the cost of a local call.

i also have it connected to a pstn provider in the US for localish service.

I'm afraid I didn't understand a word of what you said you did. And even if I did, I don't think it's possible in Latin America, where I live. 

Dennis

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