On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 9:07 PM, jd1008 <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 01/18/2016 12:59 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> On 01/18/2016 11:49 AM, jd1008 wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 01/18/2016 12:38 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: >>> >>>> On 01/18/2016 06:43 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Is there a 64-bit version of skype for anything? MS users are two >>>>> stupid to realize that their machines (no different from ours) have >>>>> been 64-bit for a long time.... >>>>> >>>>> I agree that it would be good to not have to install a 32-bit skype >>>>> and associated libraries, but I am not aware of such a possibility. >>>>> >>>>> Ranjan >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:08:56 +0100 Patrick Dupre <pdu...@gmx.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there any 64-bit version of skype for fedora 22 ? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> There is no 64-bit Skype for Linux (any flavor), never has been and >>>> probably never will be. Remember that Skype is now owned by Microsoft >>>> and Linux is really the "poor stepchild". I'm frankly amazed the 32-bit >>>> thing is even maintained. >>>> >>> This is the crap about closed source proprietary software. If you need >>> it, then you >>> have to put up with what it is - no custom builds for your preferred >>> architecture, >>> let alone preferred GUI. >>> >> >> I suppose someone with DEEP pockets could set up a VOIP gateway with >> landlines so we could use OSS like ekiga, twinkle, kopete, pidgin, >> etc. as normal and also have landline access. I don't see that happening >> in the near future. >> >> Of course, if you happen to know any of the people who won the last >> Powerball lottery, perhaps you could convince them to sink a million or >> so into it. ;-p >> > So, I am wondering why is the skype implementation proprietary? > Since it is the physical infrastructure (the communications equipment > and accounts database computers ...etc) that is (are) the primary > investment, > why should the protocol implementation be so proprietary? > If anyone wanted to set up a similar service and had the money for the > equipment, > they can do so now, using open source, without the proprietary > implementation of skype. > So, I am just somewhat puzzled by the secretiveness of MS and the > previous proprietors of skype. > > Ive given up on skype.... though its installed, Ive moved on to QTOX, does pretty much the same thing in a secure manner.
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