Le samedi 17 février 2007 à 10:45 +1300, Derek Smithies a écrit : > Hi, > On the topic of reviewers: > > I was talking to the lead developer in a totally separate project, and he > said that he made sure to provide "reviewers notes". > He further commented that it was a point of continual surprise how many > reviewers just copied verbatim from the notes and used that in the > article. > > I would suggest that to prevent further "silly press" someone writes some > notes suitable for a reviewer. >
Excellent idea !!! > Derek. > > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, George Boyd wrote: > > > The problem I believe,is when reviewers test and compare software (in > this case the article you mentioned), is that the reviewers are not > fully aware of the potential or features of the software they are > writing about. Reviewers should know the programs completely before they > try to write comparison articles. > > Ekiga can be used with ANY sip service that allows inbound sip, with > pbx's, and h323 gateways. It would be ridiculous to program Ekiga to be > able to register (or in this article pay for pc>pstn credits) from the > program to all of the services it can use, since all of the services use > a different method to register (or pay). And I don't think Linux users > are so stupid they can't figure out how to go to a site and register or > pay, although this article seems to imply that. > > If you see my signature at the end of this message, all of these services I > use with one program, EKIGA!! I can use any one, or all of them at the same > time. > There are many more then just these services that can be used. > > As far as WengoPhone or Gizmo, or any of the others. my best experience > is with Ekiga. If you look again at my signature, you will see that > Ekiga also works with Gizmo :) Ekiga can be used to connect to windoze > users that use micro$ofts new version of the old msn messenger too > (micro$oft finally had to join the mainstream and make a messenger that > was SIP compatible) :) I think there is a WIKI for Ekiga that shows the > services and how to set them up that have been used by Ekiga users. > > I know of no other program (windose or Linux) that has all the > capabilities that Ekiga does. As far as audio quality, like you asked. I > wonder what codec they were using, and through what service. > > As far as installation, how hard is it really to use any of the modern > methods, such as Yum, etc to install the software, or to download and > install 3 rpms and go through the installation druid? As far as the > Linux community goes and with the installation instructions on Ekiga's > site, it's also very simple to compile and install from source (even if > you've never done it before). > > I wish these reviewers had enough sense to be intelligent. > > > > > Anyway, just thought I'd mention it on the list so that you're aware > > of coverage. > > > > Oisín Feeley > > _______________________________________________ > > ekiga-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list > > ________________________________ > Fedora Core 6 Linux > Ekiga Rocks!! One program so many ways to connect! > > sip: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > H323: gk.voxgratia.net:1719 geboyd53 > SipBroker: *673-617808 -or- *011-1617808 (alias 617808) > e164: +13606660349 or +882 9999 398265 (linked to ekiga) > Voipbuster: geboyd53 (chat), 13606660349 (telephone) > Forward: 781549 > Voxalot: 106153 > Gizmo: 17476918163 > > _______________________________________________ > ekiga-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list > > -- > Derek Smithies Ph.D. > IndraNet Technologies Ltd. > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ph +64 3 365 6485 > Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ > _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list > [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list -- _ Damien Sandras (o- //\ Ekiga Softphone : http://www.ekiga.org/ v_/_ NOVACOM : http://www.novacom.be/ FOSDEM : http://www.fosdem.org/ SIP Phone : sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
