Timo Juhani Lindfors <[email protected]> > MJ Ray <[email protected]> writes: > > 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 > > But where do you connect with the VPN client?
Me? I connect to one of the co-op's VPN servers. If I were setting up a competitor to Skype, I'd connect people to the Skype-competitor's VPN if they've no other way of getting a useful internet connection (if my software can't crack their network). Then I'd aim to cover the cost of the VPN by selling users services like inbound and outgoing calls to the legacy telephone network at a premium. I've no idea if Skype has such a VPN-like feature, but it's one way which a business could do it, but would be harder for a voluntary project to support. It would also need more care with a FOSS project not to let users free-ride on the VPN for other things. Hope that explains, -- 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
