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

[anthony baldwin]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> I wonder where the name comes from? Off to the web site... :-)
>>
> 
> Terrible site, I would not send potential Windows users there.
> 
> 1) If the user looks for "ekiga" via google, then the url is
> gnomemeeting.org for some reason. What is that? (Yes, _I_ know, but
> should I have to explain that to potential users?). If the user types
> in ekiga.com then she arrives at ekiga.net. Redirect? That scares
> Windows users, who suspect malware and trickery. In my Windows days, I
> would have left right here.
> 
> 2) "Downloads: Choose your distribution below and start downloading."
> What is a distribution? How do I download this? Where is the big green
> "download here" animated GIF?
> 
> 3) If the user happens to find the Windows link (and even knows that
> is what she needs) then she gets a page with no files to download! She
> will _not_ open the README file to find what she needs!
> 
> 4) If the user actually did find and open the README file under
> Windows downloads, the file contains this single line of text (no
> hyperlink):
> Please download from : http://snapshots.ekiga.net/snapshots/win32/archives/
> 
> 5) If the user actually follows the hyperlink then she goes to an
> Apache directory listing. This is what she sees:
> [   ] ekiga-setup-3.0.1beta-7144.exe  02-Oct-2008 23:08   18M
> [   ] ekiga-setup-3.0.1beta-7144d.exe 02-Oct-2008 23:05   61M
> [   ] ekiga-setup-3.0.1beta-7205.exe  14-Oct-2008 20:31   18M
> [   ] ekiga-setup-3.0.1beta-7205d.exe 14-Oct-2008 20:31   61M
> [   ] ekiga-setup-3.0.2beta-7300.exe  30-Oct-2008 21:33   22M
> [   ] ekiga-setup-3.0.2beta-7300d.exe 30-Oct-2008 21:30   65M
> [   ] ekiga-setup-3.0.2beta-7316.exe  02-Nov-2008 09:49   22M
> [   ] ekiga-setup-3.0.2beta-7316d.exe 02-Nov-2008 09:59   65M
> 
> Which one should she click on? How much further do you think she is
> going to get?
> 


Thankfully, all that is needed for us is:
sudo apt-get install ekiga

I just did it and tried it out.
Looks pretty co0l.
Still keeping skype, though, because I have clients on the skype network 
that contact me to send me work.

/tony

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