Skype's advantages, IMHO: 1. It just works. No firewall problems, NAT headaches 2. Everyone has it. I have friends that don't have (or use) Google chat. They all have Skype 3. It's easy to use. I taught my mother in law to use Google chat so we could do video calls with the kids. Getting the plugin installed was a pain. And I've had occasional conflicts with GoToMeeting. 4. Skype has better video and audio quality. There are some labs features that improve Google, but I notice that Skype is much better. Plus it integrates screen sharing and conferencing.
If Microsoft wanted to buy a VoIP client, they would have written it themselves instead of spending $8B on it, or would have entered a licensing deal with Skype or one of their bajillion competitors. Sean On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 9:29 AM, John Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally I've always failed to see the appeal of skype since it's > something that could be replicated using other voip related tools with > the added benefit of being tied to a larger database of potential > users that you could reach. > > For example, google voice does exactly the same thing and I'm sure > there is probably a face book app and all kinds of other services that > will be challenging their business especially for mobile devices. If > Microsoft decides Skype is going to be a proprietary tool to boost > Windows in some way, which seems likely given the cancellation of the > Digium contract, it will fail. > > All of this is further evidence that Microsoft is beginning to slide > and can't seem to figure out what to do. > > And word today that Skype is "down" world-wide. > > John > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Dan Keizer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Bill -- sounds like a plausible explanation. > > An interesting twitter post by Ward (aka nerdvittles) indicates that > > Skype-Asterisk integration for free personal use is coming back ... > > Dan. > > > > I just got an email from Digium stating that Skype for Asterisk will not > be > > available after July 26. The existing customers will be supported till > July, > > 2013. > > > > I assume this is a fallout of the Microsoft purchase, perhaps Microsoft > > wants > > the ability for SIP to Skype gateway to be an exclusive feature for their > > own > > Communicator product. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/asterisk > > > > > > > > -- > John Lange > www.johnlange.ca > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/asterisk > -- Sean Walberg <[email protected]> http://ertw.com/
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