[Gllug] SIP conference

[Bruce Richardson]

On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 01:23:43AM +0000, Pete wrote:
> On 04/03/07, Richard Jones <rich at annexia.org> wrote:
> >SIP ain't going to win against Skype while SIP remains so incredibly
> >obtuse to configure and use.
> 
> As far as I can see, SIP has already "won" as a protocol.  Sure,
> softphones for SIP aren't yet as good for the home user as skype, but
> as far as hardware goes, with devices from Cisco, Avaya and a whole
> host of other providers being availble for *years* there's simply no
> alternative for business users.

SIP has both open source and proprietary support; Microsft Exchange and
Communigate Pro, to pick two proprietary examples, both have integrated
SIP support.  I would predict that the proprietary monoliths will back
SIP to win against Skype.

-- 
Bruce

What would Edward Woodward do?
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