On 24 Oct 2007, at 09:17, randulo wrote: > Still, many of us are interested in this asterisk-Skype connection.
Nikolas Zennström spoke at Von in California earlier this year. I didn't agree with his premise that Skype could not interop openly over IP because of security concerns, but that was his stance - Skype wont be releasing enough information about their protocol and techniques to permit open interop with their customers. It would be an enormous culture change that turned this beast around (and I would welcome news suggesting that they may). Anyone who has reverse engineered a way in, is showing some ingenuity, but to rely on this conduit for commercial gain would be a significant risk. To borrow the words of a clever man, "I encourage our competitors to do this". The best thing that we as a community can do is to sell the strengths of open standards like SIP as -- long term -- the best business decision compared with voice solutions that rely on both secret protocols (vendor lock is expensive), and also a p2p network (that breaks when your customers' computers reboot) to survive. Best wishes, Andy Davidson -- :: http://www.localphone.com/ - Call Global, Pay Local :: /* opinions and thoughts expressed here are my own */ _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
