Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Software Freedom Day: Hunt for Skype alternatives

[Daniel Pocock]

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FOSDEM update... leaders of open source VoIP, real-time communication,
micro-blogging and social networking projects are coming together at
FOSDEM to try and answer some of the concerns that were raised in the
FSF Europe report about the hunt for Skype alternative

Here is an interview:

https://fosdem.org/2013/interviews/2013-daniel-pocock-and-peter-saint-andre-and-simon-tennant-and-evan-prodromou-and-daniel-constantin-mierla-and-emil-ivov/

and here it is in the schedule (14:00 on Sunday, 3 February):

https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/event/free_open_secure_communications/

Look forward to meeting some of you at FOSDEM



On 21/11/12 23:14, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/11/12 17:14, Sam Tuke wrote:
>> On 10/24/2012 06:08 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>>> I've actually proposed a follow-up talk about the subject for
>>> the upcoming mini-DebConf, as a developer of VoIP apps I'm
>>> quite keen to (try to) answer questions that people have about
>>> why so many things didn't work during the tests on Software
>>> Freedom Day
> 
>>> http://fr2012.mini.debconf.org/#schedule
> 
>> Very good! Please let me know if there is a video made of this 
>> talk, I can make a news item out of it on fsfe.org.
> 
> 
> Just a reminder - the talk about Debian's role in replacing Skype
> is at 16:00 this Saturday.
> 
>>> Yes, I'm happy to administer that, and mailman is fine.
> 
>> I'll get that set up.
> 
> Great, the list is now there for people who want to continue
> pursuing this initiative to the next stage:
> 
> https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/free-rtc
> 
> There is already a push to repeat the VoIP client testing at FOSDEM
> in February, I'm currently discussing with the Jabber and
> telephony devroom co-ordinators.
> 
> For those who missed it, Microsoft has announced they are killing
> off MSN within 6 months and migrating everybody into Skype... one
> step closer to world domination.  Scary stuff.  Expect them to take
> similar steps to make Skype more dominant in the corporate space.
> 
> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/microsoft-killing-messenger-early-next-year-in-favour-of-skype-50009702/
>
> 
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