<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Alex Balashov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:abalashov@evaristesys.com">abalashov@evaristesys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
It may just be my profound ignorance of the merits of Skype, but I am<br>
not sure what the benefit here is or why it is desirable or beneficial.<br>
<br>
It seems to me that Skype and Asterisk provide elements of VoIP<br>
solutions and service at very different echelons of the business market<br>
and are intended for very different purposes. In other words, the sort<br>
of people that use Skype and benefit from Skype precisely for what it is<br>
on the front-end side are unlikely to be using Asterisk.<br>
<br>
But, I could be wrong, and of course, convergence is never a bad thing.<br>
It would probably be nice to be able to take Skype "lines" and put<br>
Asterisk features and PBX services on them.<br>
<br>
Maybe this is sounding a lot like, "Nobody needs more than 640 kB of<br>
RAM!" -- so, I'll shut up now. :)<br>
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</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Maybe you can get an idea of the possibilities of Skype here <a href="http://www.vosky.com">http://www.vosky.com</a><br><br>I am VoSKY certified, but I don't think they will be around much longer after today's announcement (along with a bunch of other Skype gateway products). I guess it depends if they plan on charging for licensing like G729 and how much.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Steve Totaro<br></div></div><br></div>