On Fri, 2007-29-06 at 10:37 -0400, Mike Lococo wrote: > > http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/shut-yo-mouth/is-that-skype-on-a-nokia-n800-273037.php > > The JK post (1) is much more informative. This has been scheduled for > the end of the quarter and a fair number of folks are waiting with > baited breath for the next OS update in expectation that Skype will be > in it. > > However, JK notes that his sources at the Nokia booth suggest that video > calls will not be supported... which is fantastically disappointing. > Video calling is _by_far_ the most useful potential application for the > camera. > > (1) http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/06/skype-on-the-no.html Did you expect anything else? The people behind Skype have no interest in Linux at all. Video on Linux is a no brainer, they could have included it a long time ago. Basically there is probably about .25 of a person working on this app. The best that could happen is someone reverse engineers the skype protocol and we can kiss the rotten company goodbye.
