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Adrian Midgley wrote: | On Saturday 18 December 2004 13:45, martin.gautier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: | | The business model of Skype so far as I can see is to make money out of being | the intermediary between the Internet and the Telco network.
They may have other ideas for revenue as well once they have a user base established on their proprietary protocol. Didn't Kazaa get lambasted as spyware?
| I think you'll find any system has the same intermediary business model and | organisation.
Yeap, but usually VOIP to VOIP is free, and VOIP to POTS is cheaper than BT especially Internationally.
| Skype doesn't need dedicated hardware but you specified a non-PC system - | there must be a box by now, doesn't Cisco make one built into a phone?
Skype is not free - it might be gratis - but both the software and the protocols are entirely proprietary with not even links into open standards based protocols. I fear it risks becoming the Windows of the new telecom world.
The company who back Asterisk http://www.asterisk.org/ do hardware and cards, although I'm not sure they have targetted retail market yet. Worth checking. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Using GnuPG with Debian - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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