[Asterisk-Users] Gizmo: Skype done right?

[hank]

they claim to have a windows download but I can't get the program.
also they give no instructions on how to get it connected to asterisk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Glomph Black" <asterisk-users at glomph.com>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" 
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Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:31 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Gizmo: Skype done right?


> I've just submitted this as a Slashdot story, too.
> I have absolutely no connection with any of the principals, I just think 
> they
> are doing the right thing.   This could have a major impact on the 
> Asterisk
> community, and VoIP usage in general.
>
> Michael Robertson, of mp3.com fame, has been battling for open standards 
> in the
> IP telephony world, in addition to his better-known Lindows (now Linspire, 
> at
> http://www.linspire.com) venture to promote Linux on the desktop.  His
> sipphone.com VoIP operation works great for me, but Michael has been long
> concerned about the totally closed and proprietary nature of Skype (as 
> well as a
> lot of the misleading hype surrounding it).
>
> Today his crew released "Gizmo" (at "http://www.gizmoproject.com) (a 
> tentative
> name until a better one is found) which has the main benefits of Skype, 
> PLUS it
> is layered upon SIP, DUNDI, and the existing sipphone.com infrastructure,
> meaning it is fully interconnectable to the world by obvious and 
> nonobvious
> techniques, Asterisk being on the top of the obvious charts...  This is
> certainly what I've been waiting for, being totally cheesed by the 
> smarminess of
> Skype and its founders. "Open Standards" is one of the most abused 
> concepts this
> side of Lake Washington, but this comes pretty damn close!
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