[Asterisk-Users] Is SKYPE a threat or should we do something(together)

Remco Barende asterisk at barendse.to
Tue May 17 14:34:25 MST 2005


On Tue, 17 May 2005, Kerry Garrison wrote:

> Skype is to Asterisk as Instant Messaging is to e-mail. Is e-mail dead? Is
> IM a threat? Asterisk is a full featured PBX system, how does this relate to
> a P2P messaging system? How many businesses will be dropping their current
> phone service and having Skype accounts on every desk? I am
> thinking......probably none.

But for a company with an * PBX that would be able to receive skype calls 
or even to have an extension connected to a skype account would be a 
wonderful addition. It would connect the business world to the home users

Too bad a reverse engineered version of the protocol isn't available yet 
for *




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