> Skype isn't awesome. They did it right in terms of usability.
> But do not forget that they are abusing you, the user, to
> penetrate the market with their proprietary protocol- As soon
> as this happened, it is likely that the Linux version
> disappears.

Why would they remove the Linux version?  That would mean less people
will use and pay for their software.

> So, if you like your freedom, search for free alternatives,
> and if there are none, help building them. There already are
> alternatives like linphone, SFLphone or KPhone.

Do those alternatives let you call normal phone lines?  It's hard to
tell from these:

http://www.linphone.org
http://www.sflphone.org/
http://www.wirlab.net/kphone/

It looks like linphone and kphone are in portage but not sflphone?

- Grant

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