Re: [Discuss] Skype Replacement

2011-06-21 Thread Chris O'Connell
Check out this rather timely article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20072845-264/google-building-skype-alike-software-into-chrome/?part=rsssubj=newstag=2547-1_3-0-20 On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Tom Metro tmetro-...@vl.com wrote: Mark Woodward wrote: ...is there a practical

[Discuss] Skype Replacement

2011-06-20 Thread Mark Woodward
I may have asked this before, is there a practical replacement for Skype now that they've been bought by Microsoft? I refuse to give M$ my money if I can avoid it. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] Skype Replacement

2011-06-20 Thread David Rosenstrauch
On 06/20/2011 04:06 PM, Mark Woodward wrote: I may have asked this before, is there a practical replacement for Skype now that they've been bought by Microsoft? I refuse to give M$ my money if I can avoid it. Skype is free ... DR ___ Discuss mailing

Re: [Discuss] Skype Replacement

2011-06-20 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 04:06:38PM -0400, Mark Woodward wrote: I may have asked this before, is there a practical replacement for Skype now that they've been bought by Microsoft? I refuse to give M$ my money if I can avoid it. The underlying technology will be SIP; the only issue standing in

Re: [Discuss] Skype Replacement

2011-06-20 Thread Mark Woodward
On 06/20/2011 04:13 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: On 06/20/2011 04:06 PM, Mark Woodward wrote: I may have asked this before, is there a practical replacement for Skype now that they've been bought by Microsoft? I refuse to give M$ my money if I can avoid it. Skype is free ... Yes and no. The