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mrunx is offline mrunx
2008-07-23 , 10:35
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#48
Originally Posted by ghassane View Post
Why we need Skype when there is an open source Gizmo project.
Gizmo relies [mostly] on open-standards (like SIP, Jabber/XMPP), and thus interoperates better than Skype.
But Gizmo also uses proprietary codecs and is as closed-source as Skype is.

Back on-topic, by bridging the huge Skype network to the standards-based world, Fring might (I haven't installed it yet) become the one-true Unified Communications client, albeit completely proprietary.