hi. sorry i only saw this now. just came back from mindanao(cotabato) for a family gathering. i'm not really the marketing type so i cannot give the usual rhetoric.
suffice it to say that our service connects directly to smart and globe, it doesnt go through the international sms cloud. chikka.com has an IM, the Chikka IM. it's an SMS-centric IM, focusing only on connecting SMS users to the Internet as IM buddies. for now we only have a windows app for the client, but a java version is on the works...actually it's running now but only for IE users(duh!). we still need the netscape code signing certificate to have it available for non-M$ platforms. right now we're working on a lot of other ways to connect Internet users to SMS, and we hope to launch them as soon as we can. --v ps. we use a lot of sun servers and linux in our backend. sayang i cant divulge the details...but it's another win for the penguin. in fact, there are no M$ machines in our racks; we once had one to run a certain app but after a while we ported the darn thing to linux para standard. no nimda, no code red. =) Migs Paraz wrote: >On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:28:19PM -0600, Michael Chaney wrote: > >>Well, phone calls are 27 cents/minute (~P10), and I've racked up a >>hundred dollars worth since I've been back. I mostly want to send the >>"I love you" variety, but I'm willing to pay. >> > >27 US Cents? That's P14 now... > >I have access to a gateway out of Europe that can send to PH for less >than half of that, but I'm still figuring out the business model. Send me >private mail if you've got some business in mind ;) > >>I've heard chicca.com a couple of times, I'll give that a try. >> > >chikka.com. There are people from there on this list so I'll let them >explain. :) > >_ >Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph >To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
