Actually one of the reasons I asked is that I have heard of several people buying "skype phones" only to find they don't work on other (eg SIP) based systems.
I've used skype, its done a good job of promoting voip to the masses, and that has the incidental good effect of knocking arrogant sods like telcos a little further off their perches. Can you call a skype user from a SIP provider and vice versa? On Sat, February 9, 2008 1:21 pm, Chris Hellyar wrote: > Don't knock Nick off his horse, he enjoys riding it around this > neighbourhood.. (Ducking stones) > > On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 13:20 +1300, Caleb Sawtell wrote: >> 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 > > > -- Nick Rout
