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[Fibonacci Prower]

2006/9/27, Dennis Gilmore <dennis at ausil.us>:
>
> On Wednesday 27 September 2006 12:01, Fibonacci Prower wrote:
> > 2006/9/27, Alan Cox <alan at redhat.com>:
> > > On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 11:42:56AM -0500, Fibonacci Prower wrote:
> > > > And while they do, what? Stop using their programs and hope they'll
> > >
> > > still
> > >
> > > > care about the Linux community to make a new version?
> > >
> > > I guess its like other proprietary software that broke forever due to
> > > windows
> > > upgrades and the like. Its part of the nature of proprietary software.
> >
> > Which propietary software as ubiquitous as Flash broke forever due to
> > Windows upgrades?
> >
> > Most likely someone will soon reverse engineer skype entirely, at which
> >
> > > point
> > > two things will happen, one of which is that skye to standards
> compliant
> > > gateways will appear, the other regretably is that millions of
> infected
> > > voice-spam boxes will begin phoning everyone on the planet non-stop
> > > selling
> > > viagra.
> >
> > You not liking Skype is not a reason to remove support for it. It's the
> > only way millions of people have to talk with their loved ones without
> the
> > phone bill skyrocketing. And yes, that includes me.
>
> I personally refuse to use skype because of its proprietary and
> peer-2-peer
> nature.  I dont want my voice calls routed through someone elses computer
> using a protocol i cant review.
>
> I personally would sugest that you use a standards compliant software say
> kphone or ekigra and a service such as Free world dialup.    they have
> stun
> servers which will help you with nat issues.


Are they available for Windows? Not everyone uses GNU/Linux, you know - in
fact, most people use Windows.

I live half way around the world from My family  and have gone to the
> lengths
> of setting up an asterisk box at home  connected to a pstn provider in
> australia so that my non technical family members can pick up a regular
> phone
> and call me for the cost of a local call.


i also have it connected to a pstn provider in the US for localish service.


I'm afraid I didn't understand a word of what you said you did. And even if
I did, I don't think it's possible in Latin America, where I live.

Dennis
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