Re: [Ekiga-list] For or against ?

[David Ford <dford ansur demon co uk>]

Hi Damien

Damien Sandras wrote:
> Le jeudi 07 août 2008 à 10:45 -0400, Stuart Lesnett a écrit :
>   
> > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 10:25 -0400, Stuart Lesnett wrote:
> >     
> > > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 11:56 +0200, Damien Sandras wrote: 
> > >       
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Would you be for or against such a scheme ?
> > > >
> > > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Fee+Announcement+from+Free+World
> > > > +Dialup
> > > >         
> > > Damien,
> > >
> > > I think it depend on what you're trying to accomplish.  The URL
> > > provides a considerable amount of information which can be good, if
> > > people find there answers or bad and by bad I mean heading them in
> > > the wrong path.
> > >
> > > In the past several months you seem to be driven toward MS windows
> > > and a SKYPE competitive environment.  There seems to be enough
> > > differences in each LINUX vendors release to continue to cause your
> > > unpaid staff problems, so what is your object.  SKYPE has already
> > > made in-roads with TMobile and WIFI phones access and their LINUX
> > > release, ego, me seem to work well.
> > >
> > > Even with the problems I've encountered with EKIGA.  I continue to
> > > try using it even with my open bugzilla problem, open source
> > > provides a longer fix time and less customer criticism.  I
> > > personally know I would like to loose SKYPE after 3 years but it
> > > works on all my platforms and things seem to get fixed.  I would NOT
> > > like to see you and your staff fall into the MS category of the
> > > blame game and start using the terms "call the manufacture or
> > > OEMer",  we can't help. Money is one thing but general customer
> > > satisfaction is another.
> > >
> > > I do wish the best of luck and will save the URL you provided.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > W. Stu Lesnett III 
> > >       
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> > >       
> > Damien, I do apologize, I missed the +Dialup portion of the URL.  I'm
> > wondering just what the annual $30 fee is really for the SIP or
> > something else.  In first trying your software you pointed us toward
> > DIAMOND CARD??
> >     
>
> It would be an annual fee for using ekiga.net.
>   
How many users do you have?
Assume somewhere between 5 - 10% of them will pay.
Will that be enough to pay for your broadband connection?
Will that many users be enough interest to make it worth while 
continuing to develop ekiga?
That's the balance - a slightly different problem to the one it took FWD 
ten years to decide.
I wouldn't rush into it.

David