Because he asked for help not freedom crusading. There are other limitations in the real word like the fact that the people he is taking too are comfortable to skype and dont want to change. or maybe the opensource implamentations are limited or unfinished and he wants something that will just work. I can understand wanting to champion open source and open standards but sometimes you just have to be a little tolerant
On Feb 9, 2008 1:08 PM, yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09/02/2008, Nick Rout wrote: > > pardon me but why are people on this list supporting proprietary skype > > when open standards are so important to linux users (not to mention life > > the universe & everything)? > > What he said! > The industry wide standard VoIP protocol is SIP, which is an open > standard well support by all serious players in the VoIP market. > > You can even get SIP phones that plug straight into your router, so > you can use the service even when your computer is turned off. > > Give it some thought. > > Yuri >
