[Ekiga-list] Linux Journal article on Ekiga and Wengo

[Damien Sandras]

Le vendredi 16 février 2007 à 10:02 +0100, Karel Kulhavy a écrit :
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 09:48:08PM -0800, George Boyd wrote:
> > The problem I believe,is when reviewers test and compare software (in
> > this case the article you mentioned), is that the reviewers are not
> > fully aware of the potential or features of the software they are
> > writing about. Reviewers should know the programs completely before they
> > try to write comparison articles. 
> 
> Reviewers are writing reviews for ordinary users, and ordinary users typically
> have only superficial knowledge of software. In today's world, where you are
> using many pieces of software concurrently, learning each one in depth would
> require too much time.
> 
> I think it's OK when a reviewer writes a review from position of someone
> who doesn't know the software completely.
> 

Probably, but there is a saying : compare what is actually comparable.

Flexibility has a price.

Perhaps Wengo has some features Ekiga doesn't have. But the opposite is
also true.
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