Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 10:44:50 -0700 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ekiga && FreeBSD (for a future without Skype) Message-ID: <86hb8m8wa5.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <20110522171033.GA8442@tinyCurrent> (Matthias Apitz's message of "Sun, 22 May 2011 19:10:33 %2B0200") References: <20110522171033.GA8442@tinyCurrent>
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>>>>> "Matthias" == Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> writes: 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; 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.) I interviewed the lead developer for FLOSS Weekly a few weeks back... sounds quite promising. http://twit.tv/floss162 -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion
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