there are many alternatives, like XMPP. if you need skype compatibility though there is less choice: mainly you can use imo.im. There is also a plugin for Miranda IM (FOSS) that uses imo.im as a skype proxy.
2011/6/10 Etzion Bar-Noy <[email protected]> > By logging in to their site, you can reactivate your credits. > > Ez > > 2011/6/10 Uri Even-Chen <[email protected]> > >> Hi people, >> >> I saw Richard Stallman's signature: >> > Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. >> > Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/ >> >> I'm using Skype to communicate with my friends. I mostly use it for >> instant messaging (not phone calls). I did use it for phone calls in the >> past, but I don't have a microphone attached to my computer - so today I use >> regular phone (018). When I used Skype for phone calls, I paid Skype for >> "Skype out" credit, but Skype zeroed my credit after a few months of not >> using their service - which I consider stealing money from me. For all that >> reasons, I don't want to use Skype. But Skype is a monopoly - all my friends >> use it. Even my grandmother wants to start using it. What free alternatives >> are there to Skype? (free as in freedom of course). >> >> By the way, what do you think about Google talk? I use Google talk from my >> Gmail account (I didn't download the software). >> >> I'm using Windows XP on PC. And Google Chrome as my browser. >> >> Thanks, >> Uri Even-Chen >> Mobile Phone: +972-50-9007559 >> E-mail: [email protected] >> Website: http://www.speedy.net/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >
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