Just did a little reading up on Gizmo. For some reason I always thought it was open-source but according to Wikipedia it was not (though it did use many open standards).
In any case, it was nice to have an alternative to Skype. ----- Original message ----- > > Alternative OSS app? I doubt very much that one > > will present arise given how quite simply > > functional skype is. > > There was one but, uh, Google ate it: > http://google.com/gizmo5/ > > > ----- Original message ----- > > Hmm. Apple gets bad shtick for the wrong reasons in my view. At least > > when they don't play nice with the OSS crowd, it's in the interests of > > efficiency and user happiness. M$ on the other hand screws up because > > it is confused about what its own future is. > > > > > > M$ is in all probability going to screw this up for Joe Public. Tell > > me where M$ has done social networking well and I'll change my view. > > Corporate user will benefit of course as I expect Skype IP will make it > > into some kind of voice thingie integrated into Windows Messenger > > Server (or whatever they call it these days). > > > > Facebook would have been a more interesting buyer. As for Linux, > > don't think Skype will go away or suffer. Too many users, and everybody > > believes in social networking these days, and you have to be platform > > accommodating (up to a point) to play well in that space. Alternative > > OSS app? I doubt very much that one will present arise given how quite > > simply functional skype is. P. > > > > On May 10, 2011, at 10:00, Victor van Reijswoud wrote: > > > > > Simon, > > > > > > It could have been much worse: Apple could have bought it!!! > > > > > > V > > > > > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Stephen S. Musoke > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Simon, > > > > > > > > Based on the new M$FT, I think that it may actually be a win for > > > > Linux. > > > > > > > > One of the primary things overlooked by anti-M$FT, is the large > > > > developer and channel contribution ecosystem around Windoze and M$ > > > > Office. This business is actually larger than M$FT. > > > > > > > > Linux has to up its game, to match M$FT, they have failed to do so > > > > for the consumer. In the mean time M$FT is going big on the server > > > > end and may start eating *NIX lunch there too, checkout the # of > > > > M$FT systems in the worlds's top 500 supercomputers. > > > > > > > > I am not starting a flame war here, but it's just my /= > > > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Simon Vass [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:12 AM > > > > To: Uganda Linux User Group > > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] [OT] M$ Just Bought Skype For A Staggering $8.5 > > > > Billion. > > > > > > > > And what a loss for linux, as I guess development will be > > > > discontinued and we will have to rely on third party hacks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Simon Vass > > > > Managing Director > > > > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > > > http://www.etech.ug > > > > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > > > > email: [email protected] > > > > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Victor van Reijswoud <[email protected]> > > > > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Tue, 10 May 2011 08:42:48 +0300 (EAT) > > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] [OT] M$ Just Bought Skype For A Staggering $8.5 > > > > Billion. Wow, what a success for these Estonian software > > > > entrepreneurs!! On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Sanga > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Wow! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent to you by Sanga via Google Reader: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Microsoft Just Bought Skype For A Staggering Amount Of $8.5 > > > > > Billion. Official Announcement To Be Made Tomorrow > > > > Morning<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RedmondPie/~3/wGe5IVQRY-g/> > > > > > via Redmond Pie <http://www.redmondpie.com> by Taimur Asad on > > > > > 5/9/11 > > > > > > > > > > This is just in! 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