On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:06:45 -0500 "Forrest Sheng Bao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Hey guys, > > I think not being about to use Skype on Neo is a big disadvantage. I don't > have a cell phone. I contact the world thru Internet solely, including > watching TV series or telephone calls. I think OPenMoko is opener than > Nokia's Meamo project. But one can use Skype on Nokia N810. Will OpenMoko > consider asking Skype to develop the client for Neo? you do know nokia PAID skype significant money to develop skype for the n8xx? skype is not open. i would say OM has no intent to go pay money for someone else to develop a CLOSED piece of software for openmoko. OM is all about being open. skype is not all about being open. they just don't mix. if you want to somehow reverse-engineer skype's protocol details and write your own - feel free. also if you wish to somehow make the skype binaries for the n8xx work on OM - feel free to work at it and release your work, but OM, i seriously doubt, is going to lay down good money for a closed piece of software when there are plenty of open alternatives. :) > Cheers, > Forrest > > -- > Forrest Sheng Bao > Ph.D. student, Dept. of Computer Science > M.Sc. student, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering > Rm 115, Experimental Sciences Building > Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA > http://narnia.cs.ttu.edu > 1-806-577-4592 > > Forrest is an equal opportunity Email sender. > 1. You are encouraged to use the language you prefer. Beyond English, I can > also read traditional/simplified Chinese and a bit German. > 2. I will only send you files readable to free or open source software. > -- Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community