Good for you Richard. Still don't care
Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
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Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
Without an on-premise option you wouldn't be able to get in to most organisations that have Lync deployed. Feature wise it wouldn't be too hard to match, but you might go crazy trying to code Outlook/Exchange integrations.
> Without an on-premise option you wouldn't be able to get in to most organisations that have Lync deployed. I used to think that, too, but with the rise of cloud offerings like Office 365, many orgs are starting to see that running your own servers for Sharepoint/Exchange/Unified Communication isn't worth it anymore.
Many, perhaps, but zero of those subject to (for one example) HIPAA data sharing rules.
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#143I think the main reason not to use skype is the lack of network effect.
Since so few people use skype, everybody else has little motivation to use skype, ad nauseum.
Honestly, the only people I've seen that use skype are recruiters. Other than that it seems pretty much dead.
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#144I think the main reason not to use skype is the lack of network effect. Since so few people use skype, everybody else has little motivation to use skype, ad nauseum. Honestly, the only people I've seen that use skype are recruiters. Other than that it seems pretty much dead.
At my current work place, Skype and Lync (or Skype for Business) are what we used for team communication. It works great until we need to onboard/offboard people. I also need to set status to DO NOT DISTURB because I wanted to avoid the constant ding ding ding notification.
At a previous workplace, Skype and IRC are used (IRC are for mass communication, whereas Skype is more for personal-level communication).
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
> He also has this annoying habit of being right in the end I'm not familiar with his predictions, so can you give a few examples.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html This seemed like a far-fetched dystopia when I first read it. Now, Kindle et al. are not far away from this. I also remember reading some piece from Stallman on software patents, from the eighties or early nineties. Well before software patent trolls, etc.
The first patent troll was around in 1879: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/11/05/the-origina...
Yeah, it wasn't a software patent, but. It's not hard to see something that's happened before and "predict" it could happen again.
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
Signal has voice calling as well. The bitrate is a bit low for my taste but it's pretty damned reliable, long distance as well.
the begin of the conversation is a bit lacking though, you need to wait few seconds and few "do you hear me?" tests. I don't use it often but happened not hearing the other side in the middle of the conversation, need to investigate this further.
why are people downvoting this?
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#147It's hard to take this article seriously when it starts out with stuff like "A nonfree program denies users freedom, which is unjust in itself." If you don't want to use Skype, I can respect that. But to accuse the developers of moral failure just because they didn't make their software free... That is an absurd view of morality.
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#148It's hard to take this article seriously when it starts out with stuff like " A nonfree program denies users freedom, which is unjust in itself. " If you don't want to use Skype, I can respect that. But to accuse the developers of moral failure just because they didn't make their software free... That is an absurd view of morality.
Could Skype have been be monetized effectively if it was open source?
Re: Reasons not to use Skype (2012)
#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
Mumble is a better choice since it's open source.
I'm not sure if it's a better choice for everyone. With mumble you'd need to maintain a server, for instance. If your primary concern is open source then mumble/jabber is probably your solution
Mumble's server is harder to setup than nothing but it's still pretty minimal