Paul, All Skype communication is Encrypted ( https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA31/does-skype-use-encryption) but i agree with you on the point of companies getting weary of entrusting their communications/information over third-party providers. But then again, what's the difference between Skype and lets say MTN or Orange except that they run on different platforms with varying levels of security?
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed. > > As we speak I'm throwing up an XMPP server at my organization so that > I can test Jitsi for internal use. > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On the consumer side, no traction, I agree. Because viber/whatsapp/skype > have eaten that lunch and are not to be interrupted belching. On the > enterprise side, there is scope. Business is going to become increasingly > wary about trusting valuable transmissions to black boxes (like Skype), and > not just because of the recent hullabaloo about China hacking everything > except the fridge. It's called growing up. Once upon a time, we thought > nothing of using plain POP3 to fetch out mail. Then we grew up and thought > to add an S to that to make it secure. We have long trusted commercially > very sensitive conversations to third parties we can't inspect. Huge > companies out there do most of their voice comms using Skype. I suspect > that'll not last. And that's a progress. > > > > P. > > > > On Mar 07, 2013, at 10:23, Reinier Battenberg < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> if it uses XMPP as a protocol *and* have similar functionality than > skype, > >> then it *does* integrate with gmail & facebook. > >> > >> That's not a bad starting point for opening up the voip space > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thursday 07 March 2013 08:17:06 Victor van Reijswoud wrote: > >>> I think it does not integrate with Skype - that is a major hurdle for > >>> adoption. > >>> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:16 AM, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> Jitsi looks impressive. Surprised I hadn't heard of it before. That > said, > >>>> messaging services (i.e. somebody runs the server) seem to be all the > rage > >>>> now. > >>>> > >>>> Have done XMPP federation before, so happy to help. With at least > google's > >>>> XMPP server and one or two others as I recall. > >>>> > >>>> P. > >>>> > >>>> On Mar 07, 2013, at 00:40, Benjamin Tayehanpour > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Speaking of XMPP, does anyone on the list have any experiences > setting up > >>>> a > >>>> server? I'm having troubles getting mine to federate properly... > >>>> > >>>> On 6 Mar 2013 21:41, "Kyle Spencer" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> New features: multi-party video conferences for XMPP, audio device > >>>>> hot-plugging, support for Outlook presence and calls, an overhauled > user > >>>>> interface and support for the Opus and VP8 audio/video codec. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/03/06/1555236/version-20-released-for-o > >>>>> pen-skype-alternative-jitsi > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > >>>>> > >>>>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >>>>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >>>>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > >>>>> > >>>>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > >>>>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >>>>> > >>>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > (including > >>>>> attachments if any). 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