Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Skype Video???

["Jouni Lohikoski iki fi" <jlohikos cc hut fi>]

When the month changes, I try to clean mbox for archiving for
mbox-May05, so some unanswered emails have to be handled.

On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 08:59:30PM +0300, Johnny Strom wrote:
> I think you have not understood that the point is that GM uses standards 
> like SIP and H323 and such so that GM is compatible with other programs 
> and hardware phones. It is like with an GSM phone so can you call from 

I do understood and am for open standards. I try to believe in
DreamWorld, but unfortunately we do not live in it. H.323 in MS Windows
is practically dead, and propertary standards rule there in the
video phone, instant messaging and IP-phone applications.

> Phone companies do not support Skype they support SIP/H323 for the reson 
> that Skype is a total vendor lockin se:

Still you can phone to normal POT lines with Skype more likely than with
OpenPhone or GM. Skype has gateways in many countries and increasing
those.

> So please do not advertise Skype, becouse of it's secret protocol nature 
> so is it a danger to the future of Internet as we know it today. If all 

I am not advertising, but just claiming as a fact Skype is growing fast
and is already de facto IP-phone solution for MS Windows users.
The lacking video feature in the Skype is the only backdoor for open 
standard VC-systems to take over.


// jouni