On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:34:47 -0700
"M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Algardas wrote:
> > On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:56:36 -0700
> > "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> sean wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Renat Golubchyk wrote:
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> Skype has no video functionality under linux. The linux version is
> >>>> rather old. It looks like it's not being worked on any more.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Renat
> >>>>
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>>   Thanks, surprised it is not being worked on though.
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> That doesn't surprise me. Skype was purchased by eBay, wasn't it? eBay 
> >> is not a Linux shop like Google. ;)
> >>     
> >
> > If skype is not being worked on, what is this alpha doing then?
> > http://packages.gentoo.org/ebuilds/?skype-1.4.0.64_alpha
> >
> > Ant it's there since May 7th and I like the new clean interface, but I'm 
> > afraid it won't stay this way for the stable release. Not sure about video 
> > though - haven't looked.
> >
> >   
> Uh ... 1.4 for Linux, 3. something for Windows? I think I'll pass ;).

What makes you think that version number are synchronized?

Back to the topic, skype 1.4 is a complete rewrite and they are planning video 
support (planning doesn't give us much, but anyway...) :
http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/2007/05/linux_14_panacea.html

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