On Sat, 5 Dec 2009, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:45:56 -0800 > From: Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" > <[email protected]> > To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help, civil and on-topic" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] open source Skype clients? > > On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Carlos Konstanski > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There are a bunch of standards-compliant H323 clients out there for >> all platforms: >> >> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Open+Source+VOIP+Software >> >> With so many good choices out there, why do people insist on using the >> most crappy one? Marketing is truly evil. > > Because people like me cannot make sense of that listing. Do I need a > Proxy? What is SIP? What is (UA)? Which one of the 22 SIP clients > will work for me and my Grandmother? Are all 22 equally "good > choices"? > > Some sort of hand-holding is needed if the none-technical users are to adopt > it. > > -Denis
Naturally I would not hand that list to someone's granny. I would simply say, "get ekiga". Carlos _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
