Re: skype?

* Brian <ad44@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [120409 00:33]:
On Sun 08 Apr 2012 at 17:53:02 +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:

* Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@xxxxxxxxx> [120408 17:39]:
...

To be an exact replacement which will work on the Skype network in the
same way as the Skype client? Can't be done.
...
Ideally, it should be sufficiently similar and simple, so that I could
persuade the other guy (who almost invariably is running $kype on a
Window$ box) to install Ekiga.
...
She's happy with what she has got. Why feel impelled to alter that?

I wish specifically to avoid the use of $kype channels. If possible,
I wish to converse directly and one-on-one with the other Ekiga user.

I am concerned with the "big brother" privacy, recording, and
non-exclusive license issues (an example being the license of
photo-sharing hosts to market photos which clients upload for sharing
with friends and family).

So, I am thinking that Ekiga is sufficiently similar to $kype that it
ought be possible for a non-technical Window$ user who managed to get
$kype installed and configured to likewise install and configure Ekiga
-- if he likewise values privacy in his communications with me.

This is no different than saying, "Instead of continuing to meet at
$tarbuck$, let's start meeting around the corner and down the street,
at the Java Hut, which is much more private."

Let him use $kype to talk to the rest of the world; but when he wishes
to talk with me, he can fire up Ekiga (or whatever), rather than
$kype. Of course, I realize that relatively few are willing to
accommodate me, unless the installation and setup is very simple.

RLH



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