I guess I didn’t place that part of
my message in the correct context. Presence is very handy, and I would
like to see the functionality added to Asterisk. What I meant by my
comment you quoted below, is that if I could attach my Asterisk server to the
Skype network, I would not care if I had their presence services. That is
a part of the functionality I would be willing to do without if they opened
their protocol. It goes back to my original point: If they want to keep
part of their protocol closed, that is fine, but release the most basic part of
it: the voice communication. Jeremy From: Dean
Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm going to leave most of what you said
alone, I understand you point and it's your point to make. However I will make a small comment about “I
don't need hotlist functionality, if I dial their number and they aren't on, I
get a busy reorder
signal. No big deal”. Presence based information is the biggest
‘seller’ in the IP PBX market at the moment, being able to tell
what/where a person is certainly driving a lot of sales through my door. Cheers, Dean -----Original Message----- I don't have a PocketPC PDA, mine is Palm.
But regardless, I don't see what all the "Hype" is with
"Skype." It is a closed protocol and highly platform-restricted product. Sure the
concept of a peer-to-peer phone network is interesting, but if not everyone
can connect to it, what is the point? If they want to keep
certain features under their control so that they can eventually charge for it,
then by all means do so. But if they would release the basic protocol
specs, so that others can access the network in general, they would see many
more users. I for one am not going to run yet another
soft phone and/or IM client on my system just to connect to yet another
phone network. A friend of mine and I tried it when it first came out,
and it worked about as well as FWD, or IAXTel, or Firefly, or... You
get the point. Now if I could attach my Asterisk server to it and be able
to make and receive simple voice calls with other users, that would be
great. I don't need hotlist functionality, if I dial their number and
they aren't on, I get a busy reorder signal. No big deal. They definitely have a good idea, in the
fact that it works, doesn't have too many problems with firewalls, and
is not server reliant. But keeping it closed is preventing a lot of
people from joining them. |
- [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype Dean Collins
- Re: [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype Jason A. Pattie
- RE: [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype Jeremy Hall
- RE: [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype Dean Collins
- RE: [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype Jeremy Hall
- RE: [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype Dean Collins