[Dev] remote communications

[Ted Leung]

The killer feature for Skype is the ability to conference call up to 6 
people.  Unfortunately, the Mac beta just came out and is missing the 
conference calling feature.  Also, no firewall hacking was necessary to 
get it working, unlike X-Ten VOIP, or iChat AV.

On Aug 31, 2004, at 11:29 AM, Ducky Sherwood wrote:

> Skype -- an VOIP service -- recently released versions of their 
> software for Mac OS X and Linux.  We might want to consider using it 
> to communicate inside the Chandler project instead of telephones.  
> It's not open source, but it is free, cross-platform, and works well.
>
> Ted and I just tested it (me on gentoo Linux and he on Mac OS X), and 
> it worked perfectly.  There was very little delay, and Ted (who had a 
> headset) sounded perfect to me.
>
> I was using my iPod headphones and the Thinkpad's internal mic, and 
> being relatively quiet because I didn't want to disturb other people 
> in the office.  I wasn't leaning over to talk in the microphone.  Ted 
> said I sounded soft and slightly far off, but clear.
>
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