[LINK] Skype beta3, free worldwide conference calls

[Ivan Trundle]

On 10/11/2006, at 1:06 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote:
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>> I've used others (none of which appear to work very well in the Mac
>> OS environment, though I did like Gizmo - was an early adopter), but
>> it's hard to convince everyone else to use the same product. Skype
>> simply has more traction, and traction wins. Personally, iChat beats
>> them all, hands-down - but what's the point when it only talks to a
>> select few?
>
> I seriously doubt if it has more "traction". It is obviously the
> largest single provider, but my understanding is that there are far
> more SIP users than Skype users.
>
> Re the Mac: when I used the Mac software I ran an Asterisk server.
> Almost anything connects well to Asterisk and then Asterisk  
> connects to
> almost anything in the outside world. Except Skype. It's worth  
> having a
> look if you insist on staying with the Mac software.

Pardon??? I don't insist on anything. And I'm not sure what you're  
implying here.

Nonetheless: if all of those people I want to call and stay in touch  
with use Skype, I have little alternative. This is the 'traction'  
that I refer to.

You may judge SIP to have more users, but this is irrelevant to me.  
There's little point in having a Posidrive #2 in your hand when all  
of the screws are flatheads...

iT