On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Alex Balashov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> It may just be my profound ignorance of the merits of Skype, but I am > not sure what the benefit here is or why it is desirable or beneficial. > > It seems to me that Skype and Asterisk provide elements of VoIP > solutions and service at very different echelons of the business market > and are intended for very different purposes. In other words, the sort > of people that use Skype and benefit from Skype precisely for what it is > on the front-end side are unlikely to be using Asterisk. > > But, I could be wrong, and of course, convergence is never a bad thing. > It would probably be nice to be able to take Skype "lines" and put > Asterisk features and PBX services on them. > > Maybe this is sounding a lot like, "Nobody needs more than 640 kB of > RAM!" -- so, I'll shut up now. :) > > -- > Alex Balashov > Evariste Systems > Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ > Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 > Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 > Mobile : (+1) (706) 338-8599 > > Maybe you can get an idea of the possibilities of Skype here http://www.vosky.com I am VoSKY certified, but I don't think they will be around much longer after today's announcement (along with a bunch of other Skype gateway products). I guess it depends if they plan on charging for licensing like G729 and how much. Thanks, Steve Totaro
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