[ale] OT: skype

[ale-at-ale.org at unpopularminds.org (The Don Lachlan)]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 03:03:56PM -0500, Preston Boyington wrote:
> FWIW, over the last several years I've looked at every Skype alternative 
> I could find.  for ease of use nothing compares.

Skype was a PITA when I used it, but it was better than Google. Small field.

> That said, it took Google a long time to come out with a Linux client 
> for "Voice".  Which just shows you that even with deep pockets it was no 
> easy feat.

I've always seen lack of GNU/Linux clients as an issue of "we don't want to
spend the money on the guys who'll run the windows client in an emulator."

-L