skype repository for fedora 9

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 19 May 2008 13:49, wwp wrote:
> Hello Anne,
>
> On Mon, 19 May 2008 13:31:11 +0100 Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> 
wrote:
> > On Monday 19 May 2008 13:12, Roman Makurin wrote:
> > > Hi All!
> > >
> > > Is there any repo with skype for Fedora 9?
> >
> > Skype  is proprietary, so can't be in Fedora.  Does it have to be skype?
> > There are other possibilities.  Take a look at ekiga, for instance.
>
> Well, even if skype and ekiga provide similar services, they are not
> compatible. Can't ask a guy whose contacts are on skype to use ekiga to
> contact them (it's common in companies that the communication protocol
> is imposed whatever it's silly or not). Or are there skype gateways
> available in ekiga?
>
Not my area of expertise, but I believe there are free gateways that can speak 
to both.  Not certain, though.

Anne