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

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le samedi 17 f�ier 2007 �0:45 +1300, Derek Smithies a �it :
> Hi,
>   On the topic of reviewers:
> 
> I was talking to the lead developer in a totally separate project, and he 
> said that he made sure to provide "reviewers notes".
> He further commented that it was a point of continual surprise how many 
> reviewers just copied verbatim from the notes and used that in the 
> article.
> 
> I would suggest that to prevent further "silly press" someone writes some
> notes suitable for a reviewer.
> 

Excellent idea !!!


> Derek.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, 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. 
> 
> Ekiga can be used with ANY sip service that allows inbound sip, with
> pbx's, and h323 gateways. It would be ridiculous to program Ekiga to be
> able to register (or in this article pay for pc>pstn credits) from the
> program to all of the services it can use, since all of the services use
> a different method to register (or pay). And I don't think Linux users
> are so stupid they can't figure out how to go to a site and register or
> pay, although this article seems to imply that.
> 
> If you see my signature at the end of this message, all of these services I 
> use with one program, EKIGA!! I can use any one, or all of them at the same time. 
> There are many more then just these services that can be used.
> 
> As far as WengoPhone or Gizmo, or any of the others. my best experience
> is with Ekiga. If you look again at my signature, you will see that
> Ekiga also works with Gizmo :)  Ekiga can be used to connect to windoze
> users that use micro$ofts new version of the old msn messenger too
> (micro$oft finally had to join the mainstream and make a messenger that
> was SIP compatible) :) I think there is a WIKI for Ekiga that shows the
> services and how to set them up that have been used by Ekiga users.
> 
> I know of no other program (windose or Linux) that has all the
> capabilities that Ekiga does. As far as audio quality, like you asked. I
> wonder what codec they were using, and through what service.
> 
> As far as installation, how hard is it really to use any of the modern
> methods, such as Yum, etc to install the software, or to download and
> install 3 rpms and go through the installation druid? As far as the
> Linux community goes and with the installation instructions on Ekiga's
> site, it's also very simple to compile and install from source (even if
> you've never done it before).
> 
> I wish these reviewers had enough sense to be intelligent.
> 
> 
> 
> > Anyway, just thought I'd mention it on the list so that you're aware
> > of coverage.
> > 
> > Ois�Feeley
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> 
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