skype

[Outback Dingo]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 9:07 PM, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 01/18/2016 12:59 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
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>> On 01/18/2016 11:49 AM, jd1008 wrote:
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>>> On 01/18/2016 12:38 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
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>>>> On 01/18/2016 06:43 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a 64-bit version of skype for anything? MS users are two
>>>>> stupid to realize that their machines (no different from ours) have
>>>>> been 64-bit for a long time....
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree that it would be good to not have to install a 32-bit skype
>>>>> and associated libraries, but I am not aware of such a possibility.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ranjan
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:08:56 +0100 Patrick Dupre <pdupre at gmx.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there any 64-bit version of skype for fedora 22 ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> There is no 64-bit Skype for Linux (any flavor), never has been and
>>>> probably never will be. Remember that Skype is now owned by Microsoft
>>>> and Linux is really the "poor stepchild". I'm frankly amazed the 32-bit
>>>> thing is even maintained.
>>>>
>>> This is the crap about closed source proprietary software. If you need
>>> it, then you
>>> have to put up with what it is - no custom builds for your preferred
>>> architecture,
>>> let alone preferred GUI.
>>>
>>
>> I suppose someone with DEEP pockets could set up a VOIP gateway with
>> landlines so we could use OSS like ekiga, twinkle, kopete, pidgin,
>> etc. as normal and also have landline access. I don't see that happening
>> in the near future.
>>
>> Of course, if you happen to know any of the people who won the last
>> Powerball lottery, perhaps you could convince them to sink a million or
>> so into it. ;-p
>>
> So, I am wondering why is the skype implementation proprietary?
> Since it is the physical infrastructure (the communications equipment
> and accounts database computers ...etc) that is (are) the primary
> investment,
> why should the protocol implementation be so proprietary?
> If anyone wanted to set up a similar service and had the money for the
> equipment,
> they can do so now, using open source, without the proprietary
> implementation of skype.
> So, I am just somewhat puzzled by the secretiveness of MS and the
> previous proprietors of skype.
>
>
Ive given up on skype.... though its installed, Ive moved on to QTOX, does
pretty much the same thing in a secure manner.


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