Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7
On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 05:30:47 +1000
Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> wrote:
> On 3/08/2014 4:39 AM, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 03 Aug 2014 at 01:29:57 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> > There is no substitute for Skype (either the software or the
> > service) whether it be open or closed source,
>
> What about Google Hangouts? That might be a reasonable substitute....
>
>
> I haven't used Skype for a number of years, I was against the way it
> worked .... super nodes, anyone? Since M$ took ownership, well, that
> just made it a more bad idea.
>
>
> There must be an alternative to Skype.
>
> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fed-up-with-skype-here-are-6-of-the-best-free-alternatives/
>
> Cheers
> A.
The trouble I see with alternatives is the legalese, every one of which
forces you to indemnify the vendor. What indemnification really means
is: "If a third party sues the vendor for anything alleged to involve
your use of the service, you pay all legal fees and damages for the
vendor". A lot of them go on to say that the vendor will determine the
legal strategy, which could be as simple as "give him $200K to get him
off our backs", in which case, whoops, there goes the house.
The less of these I participate in, the better I like it. I spoze we've
all signed one for Google, so that might be the way to go: No new
indemnifications that way.
SteveT
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