Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 20:47:53 +0300 From: Ivan Klymenko <fidaj@ukr.net> To: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ekiga && FreeBSD (for a future without Skype) Message-ID: <20110522204753.7202a172@ukr.net> In-Reply-To: <86hb8m8wa5.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <20110522171033.GA8442@tinyCurrent> <86hb8m8wa5.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
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=D0=92 Sun, 22 May 2011 10:44:50 -0700 merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > >>>>> "Matthias" =3D=3D Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> writes: >=20 > Matthias> Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native > Matthias> Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time > Matthias> when M$ will "integrate" Skype into its desktop and stop > Matthias> deliver binaries for Linux; >=20 > Consider Jitsi, which is written in Java, and supports all modern SIP > and XMPP and IM (and soon full Gtalk) protocols, with a built in broad > list of audio and video codecs. With the proper use of the free (or > paid) PSTN-to-SIP bridges, it can nearly completely replace Skype, at > least for point-to-point audio/video. (No SILK though... there's > nothing that comes close, sadly.) >=20 > I interviewed the lead developer for FLOSS Weekly a few weeks > back... sounds quite promising. http://twit.tv/floss162 >=20 I do not think that bind to Java is a good idea ... IMHO
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