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momcilo	2011-05-10 , 12:21
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Originally Posted by caco3

Once M$ got Skye and changed the protocol, the value of my N900 will drop quite a bit. Same for my desktop and laptop machines
It will just be a matter of time until the non M$ users will lose their possibility of using Skype.

Long time ago I and my friends used ICQ, then they changed to MSN. As it also worked on Linux, I changed as well. (Didnt like it, but what should you do...). Then now almost everybody just uses Skype. So whats coming next?
Sadly I do not know another as good working service. Maybe SIP, but who has an SIP account???

The SIP is quite OK. It provides interoperability between different service providers.
It is based on standard.

But there is a huge drawback compared to skype that has not been addressed until now:
Common users install skype, and it simply works, not settings, not problems (well almast 99%)
The SIP client on the other hand do require settings other than username passord. Some of the providers have create custom clients to address this (e.g. gizmo or google voice).

What we need is a client that can be easily used with different service providers, which is easy to setup by the client. In my opinion this is something like:

Option 1 - generic client + custom profile download-able in single installaton package

Option 2- generic client, and service provider which publishes settings through single-click-to-install profiles from the provider's web site.

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