Best FOSS alternative for skype?

[JD]

On 05/13/11 11:47, Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 07:02 -0700, JD wrote:
>> since pulseaudio allows multiple audio clients,
>> you will have quiet an orchestra of sound when
>> answering mutiple incoming voip calls and asnwer
>> all of them at the same time (roughly speaking) :)
> One thing I haven't seen mentioned is how pulseaudio handles multiple
> sound capture devices.
>
> Does it handle them as well as it handles multiple sound generating
> applications?  (Yes, that's a leading question.)
>
Good question. I hope a developer familiar with
pulseaudio internals will proffer some insights.