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[Discuss] Skype Replacement



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 the way is getting everybody you talk to, to give you a SIP
address.

Interoperability is great. Google Voice, phone systems, Windows, 
Macs (not iChat, though), Linux, Android, smartish cellphones...

-dsr-



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