On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:16 PM, amycsj <[email protected]> wrote: > I am on google voice. But it's not computer to landline, it simply > bridges your existing phones to other phones.
There are four possibilities: 1) phone to phone 2) phone to computer 3) computer to phone 4) computer to computer Skype started with 4 then gradually added 2 and 3, and eventually chat and video. Google's path seems very similar to Skype's. Google Talk is 4. Google Chat is 4 with video and IM (and SMS). Google Voice is a combination of 2 and 3, with the computer acting as an intermediary between two phones. What Google did yesterday is add 3. All that's missing for Google to become Skype is 2. Now if Google could only polish the integration between its services. Regards, - Robert -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
