Skype under Fedora-10

[Bill Davidsen]

Tim wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-06-06 at 11:44 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> I fail to see how my using Skype takes anyone else's freedom away,
>> there are dozens of phone vendors, my choice of Skype does not impact
>> their choice in the slightest, they pick up a phone and call me.
> 
> To paint the picture more fully, imagine having to have five telephones
> on your desk, and remember which is the right one to call which people,
> because they're on different telephone companies, and they don't
> interconnect.
> 
> That's the situation with Skype, because *they* refuse to use a standard
> protocol.
> 
I have friends on Skype, I just pick up a phone, any phone, and dial their 
number. And I'm told that if you have "Magic-Jack" you can do the same thing, 
dial and you will be connected.

I don't use different phones to talk to Verizon, at&t, or Sprint users, why Skype?

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