Re: Without SKYPE?
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu 02 May 2013 at 16:22:55 -0400, staticsafe wrote:
>
>> On 5/2/2013 16:14, Brian wrote:
>> > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 15:28:08 -0400, staticsafe wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 5/2/2013 15:24, Brian wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I did. How does it allow someone not running the *Skype spoftware* to
>> >>> conect with the Skype network?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> It doesn't. The Skype protocol is proprietary.
>> >
>> > Really! :)
>> >
>> > So XMPP isn't in the picture?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> Not if you want to talk to users on the Skype network.
>>
>> To reiterate:
>> Only the official Skype client provided by Skype can be used to
>> communicate with other Skype clients. XMPP is a separate protocol.
>
> We are in agreement. If you want to get in touch with somone on the
> Skype network then the Skype software has to be used somewhere along the
> line.
As far as I can tell you are the only person in the thread that cares
about that. OP does not seem to. He asked for a Skype alternative,
which *could* read as something that talks to Skype, but is far from
the most likely option in my mind. It sounds to me like he wants to do
video and voice calls, which xmpp and sip can do just fine.
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