On Tue, 10 May 2011, Michael Berkowski wrote: > On 5/10/2011 8:13 AM, Thomas Rieff wrote: > >> Being that Skype has gone to the Dark Side :-), Is there another video >> conferencing alternative to Skype that could be used??? Linux based. >> Server Based??? > > Skype always kinda was on the dark side. Definitely, but I have used it anyway, though rarely. It's convenient to have it on my Ubuntu netbook when I'm traveling. I used it to call home to the US from South Korea last year, and it worked great -- the hotel in South Korea had 18 mpbs down and 7 mbps up. > MS does intend to continue supporting non-Win platforms for Skype > though. That's what matters to me with Skype. It's a paying service anyway. It might not even be possible to develop a free-software/open-source solution for that because people might find ways to cheat -- I'm sure that's a major concern. Well, there is also computer-to-computer calling and conferencing and there I have no reason to want Skype and would definitely prefer FOSS. Mike