* Brian <[email protected]> [120409 00:33]: > On Sun 08 Apr 2012 at 17:53:02 +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > * Scott Ferguson <[email protected]> [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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
