{"id":415,"date":"2005-12-27T15:04:34","date_gmt":"2005-12-27T20:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2005\/12\/27\/mandriva-shipping-skype"},"modified":"2006-07-17T23:06:17","modified_gmt":"2006-07-18T04:06:17","slug":"mandriva-shipping-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2005\/12\/27\/mandriva-shipping-skype","title":{"rendered":"Mandriva shipping Skype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking thru the tabs, I found an article from LWN, titled <a href=\"http:\/\/lwn.net\/Articles\/165122\/\">Mandriva to ship Skype<\/a>. This is a really smart option, as VoIP on the Linux desktop makes sense. Calling a Linux user just got easier.<\/p>\n<p>However, Skype isn&#8217;t open source. But it does have market share &#8211; Mac and Windows users. In terms of numbers, the Gizmo Project doesn&#8217;t come close. And from a business perspective, there&#8217;s greatness as folk will see how SkypeOut (and SkypeIn) work, and further add dollars (okay, euros) to the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu seems to be behind the open source project Shtoom. I believe a similar idea was abound &#8211; let every Ubuntu user call one another. Looks like Mandrake beat them to the punch.<\/p>\n<p>Which becomes more useful? I&#8217;m going with the Skype option, even though Mandriva&#8217;s user base might not be as large as Ubuntu&#8217;s. Its all about being cross-platform. Especially with the platforms that have the greater market share (aren&#8217;t we still fighting a 90% Windows marketplace?).<\/p>\n<p>Got to keep a watch on Google and Gtalk. 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