Re: Without SKYPE?
On Thu 02 May 2013 at 22:20:28 +0300, Lars Nooden wrote:
> On Thu, 2 May 2013, Doug wrote:
>
> > On 05/02/2013 12:29 PM, Lars Nooden wrote:
> > > There are Blink, Linphone, Ekiga, Jitsi, and maybe a few others. Jitsi is
> > > quite useful. These are all SIP phones so they can all talk to each
> > > other, not locked into a single company like Skype.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > /Lars
> > >
> > >
> > But can they talk to folks using SKYPE?
> >
> > --doug
>
> They can all talk to eachother using SIP. Only Skype can talk to Skype,
> that's part of the lock-in.
You are obviously unconcerned about SIP providers who lock their users
into using their service. SIP may be an open protocol but its users can
bend it to their own uses. Isn't that what it is all about?
SIP-to-SIP uses the network; the protocol works.
Users on SIP-network-X can only communicate with SIP-network-Y is not an
unknown situation. How does that differ from Skype?
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