The future of Ubuntu Linux.... Will it make Micky$oft go bankrupt?

H.S. hs.samix at gmail.com
Wed May 13 03:29:52 UTC 2009


marc wrote:
> H.S. said:
> 
>> Oh, Ekiga "just works" through firewalls, at least in the situations I
>> have used it. This is same as Skype.
> 
> They both piggyback on port 80. It can cause real problems in some 
> environments. The port can also be changed on the client. It also 
> "explores" on a "random" port, which _is_ a problem. Skype is a 
> completely well-behaved guest.

Ekiga using stun. Is that related to port 80?


> Name one and I'll try it and try to persuade others.

I already did, it does the thing you list below as well.

> Brief reqs:
> - Linux and Windows clients
> - self test facility
> - free, client to client
> - calls to land lines, all major nations (non-free is fine)
> - inform when someone is online
> - send sms
> - chat
> 

I am not sure why so may people here keep on assuming that Ekiga is not
comparable to Skype in features. Perhaps it is time all of you guys went
to Ekiga web page and took a look.

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