Timo Juhani Lindfors <[email protected]> > MJ Ray <[email protected]> writes: > > It depends what you mean by "work". Is overriding the network's > > restrictions a feature or a bug? Feature to the user, but bug to the > > network managers. If the network is that nasty, shouldn't users be > > connecting to a VPN? > > I think we should be looking for a free software alternative to > Skype. Trying to solve network issues is a completely different project > which is much less likely to succeed than a skype-like free software > solution.
Sure, but the reasons given for free software alternatives not working seemed to be problems with the network at that university. Install a VPN client or a Skype-style network-buster and one or more of alternatives would just work. Work on bundling an alternative with a VPN or a network-buster to make a skype-like solution if you think that's what's really needed. I fear it's network effects like others suggested, though. Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/ _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
