[asterisk-biz] asterisk and Skype - your experiences please

[Andy Davidson]

On 24 Oct 2007, at 09:17, randulo wrote:

> Still, many of us are interested in this asterisk-Skype connection.

Nikolas Zennström spoke at Von in California earlier this year.  I  
didn't agree with his premise that Skype could not interop openly  
over IP because of security concerns, but that was his stance - Skype  
wont be releasing enough information about their protocol and  
techniques to permit open interop with their customers.

It would be an enormous culture change that turned this beast around  
(and I would welcome news suggesting that they may).

Anyone who has reverse engineered a way in, is showing some  
ingenuity, but to rely on this conduit for commercial gain would be a  
significant risk.  To borrow the words of a clever man, "I encourage  
our competitors to do this".

The best thing that we as a community can do is to sell the strengths  
of open standards like SIP as -- long term -- the best business  
decision compared with voice solutions that rely on both secret  
protocols (vendor lock is expensive), and also a p2p network (that  
breaks when your customers' computers reboot) to survive.


Best wishes,
Andy Davidson

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