Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 10:14:59 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Skyip? question Message-ID: <20110512141459.GB47388@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20110512002007.GA2321@thought.org> References: <20110512002007.GA2321@thought.org>
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On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 05:20:10PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > Hey Guys, > > What does the list think of XBill's buyout of Skype? i know there is probably > a port for this for the BSD'S. ISn't it just a VOIP thing... maybe with some > video glued on? I am sure MS will find a way to use it to coerce users to buy the rest of their system. What else is new. > (How hard/easy woold be be to hack out a better one...or do GOOG and YHOO > already have their own versions of skyip?) It has been done a few times. Some phone service companies also do essentially the same thing with a proprietary software. > Lastly, a few years ago, somebody on this list said that skype was "free like > free beer." Pretty sure they had that saying when i was a kind back in the > twelfth century, but still have no ides what it means, so would appreciate it > from my fellow geeks who get that 'free-beer' swipe. I always thought, used that way, it meant that the sign may say 'Free Beer' but if you take it, you have sold your soul or some other body part unknowingly. They're going to get you some way. But, I never have heard any official definition. ////jerry > > thanx, > > gary > > > > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix > The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php > http://journey.thought.org > ethic > Ju ST released: http://transfinite.thought.org/17da.html > "Where's that bloody .357?!" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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