[Asterisk-Users] Gizmo: Skype done right?

[Matt Fredrickson]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 01:31:55PM -0700, Jerry Glomph Black wrote:
> 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,
                  ^^^

Looks like they already messed up... If they're going to redo all of this anyway,
they might as well use a protocol like IAX where you don't have NAT problems.

Matthew Fredrickson