From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 22 18:19:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1827106564A for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 18:19:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8334D8FC17 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 18:19:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwc9 with SMTP id 9so3404790qwc.13 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 11:19:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.198.198 with SMTP id ep6mr1056882qab.347.1306088345567; Sun, 22 May 2011 11:19:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (twdp-174-109-142-001.nc.res.rr.com [174.109.142.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c27sm3489276qck.22.2011.05.22.11.19.04 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 22 May 2011 11:19:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3QcrqW27zkz2CG48 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 14:19:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 14:19:02 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110522141902.4aff6b9f@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20110522171033.GA8442@tinyCurrent> References: <20110522171033.GA8442@tinyCurrent> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Ekiga && FreeBSD (for a future without Skype) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 18:19:07 -0000 On Sun, 22 May 2011 19:10:33 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: > Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Skype > client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time when M$ will > "integrate" Skype into its desktop and stop deliver binaries for > Linux; Honestly, where do you get this garbage from. This is just another prime example of FUD rearing its ugly head. Microsoft bought Skype with the stated purpose of going toe to toe with Apple in the consumer market and leapfrog competitors by incorporating the service into its business software. Free Skype-style communications services aimed at consumers have effectively been banned in some Middle East countries such as the UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Some countries are reluctant to allow free mobile phone voice calling over the internet because it could endanger the huge long-term investment countries such as the UAE have made in their telecommunications infrastructure. However, analysts believe it is in the business rather than the consumer space where the Skype acquisition may first start to pay off. Allowing Microsoft to introduce Skype-style video conferencing into its business offering could be the start of a more general acceptance of free and low-cost internet voice and video conferencing. Limiting or eliminating operating systems other than Microsoft's own platforms would be counter productive and could lead to a decreased monetary model. Obviously, that is something that Microsoft does not intentionally do. It didn't pay $8.5 billion just to jettison users. Personally, I am expecting the overall quality of the product to improve. I would not expect them to craft a specific model just for FreeBSD though. Then again, one doesn't exist now either. However, I would fully expect them to maintain and improve on a model tailored for Linux. It is in their best interest. -- Jerry jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net ''~`` ( o o ) +------------------.oooO--(_)--Oooo.------------------+ | | | .oooO | | ( ) Oooo. | +---------------------\ (----( )--------------------+ \_) ) / (_/