[IP] more on The eBay-Skype deal is a blow to open standards

[David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 20, 2005 3:32:16 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] re: The eBay-Skype deal is a blow to open  
standards
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[Note:  This comment comes from reader Scott Berry.  DLH]


> From: Scott Berry <sjb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: September 19, 2005 5:54:27 PM PDT
> To: dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Dewayne-Net] The eBay-Skype deal is a blow to open  
> standards
>
>
> A bit alarmist, I'd say.  While I applaud SIPhone, I think in the main
> they're just being sensible.
>
> IM got away with  walled gardens (as if that's an advantage)  
> because it more
> or less started that way.  People have been phoning the world for many
> decades.  The public will never gravitate toward a phone system  
> where they
> need different software to call different people (which, of course, is
> subject to change as people change providers).  The phone network  
> may never
> be "open" in the largest sense--it hasn't been to date--but that  
> doesn't
> mean from the customers point of view it will be closed, either.
>
> Besides, eBay didn't buy Skype in order to corner the telecom voice  
> market.
> Whitman is much smarter than that.
>
>    Scott

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