That is true since I received the message in my inbox. I an including the contents below On Sat, 2011-09-24 at 13:28 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > You appear to have sent this only to me and not to the list. > > > poc > > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Aaron Konstam > <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 16:55 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 16:10 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 15:15 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 09:43 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > > I have long been intrigued wit having Skype-like > capabilities for my > > > > > computer. I recently looked at Google Chat which seems > to be similar and > > > > > is really easy to install and use (at least on my F14 > laptop). > > > > > > > > > > What am I missing by not using Skype? > > > > > > > > Multi-part conferencing (with the paid Skype option), > but see Google+ > > > > which also supports this. It's not clear if Google Chat > is going to > > > > survive. > > > > > > > > poc > > > > > > > > > > Google has another product called Google Voice that does > all that. > > > > The focus of Google Voice is among other things allow you to > manage all > > your POTS-style services such as call forwarding, screening > etc. (to > > oversimplify somewhat). However AFAIK Google Voice was until > recently > > only available in the US (Wikipedia says it was extended to > some other > > countries in August 2011 but it's not available where I am). > > > > And I'm not aware that it has any free multi-party > conferencing feature, > > but by all means correct me if I'm wrong. > > > > poc > > > > > I am not an expert on Google Voice, but from what I can gather > from the > book, "Google Voice for Dummies" Google Voice can do > multi-party > conferencing. My impression is these services are not free. > The book implies it can be used in countries other than the US > (on cell > phones at least) but the quality of service is worse than in > the US. > -- > ======================================================================= > Life is cheap, but the accessories can kill you. > > ======================================================================= > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: > akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- ======================================================================= We gotta get out of this place, If it's the last thing we ever do. -- The Animals ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
