Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga 3.00 available for WIN32 *only*

[schoappied <schoappied gmail com>]

On Tuesday 01 April 2008 21:57:33 Damien Sandras wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just put the news on http://www.ekiga.org :
>
> Due to the big popularity of the Microsoft Windows operating system
> compared to the GNU/Linux desktop, we have decided to put all our
> efforts on the WIN32 port of Ekiga.
>
> Due to the increased amount of work and the lack of spare time, Ekiga
> 3.00 will only be released for WIN32.
>
> While Ekiga 3.00 will stay free (as free beer), it will be the last
> version to be completely free. From Ekiga 3.20, Ekiga will become a
> shareware with a small license fee to use either Ekiga or its associated
> platform Ekiga.net. The money that it will generate will finally allow
> us to live from our project instead of spending countless hours for free
> on it.

how does this news relate to this: 
http://www.mail-archive.com/ekiga-list%40gnome.org/msg04035.html ?

Why should windows users pay for Ekiga if there's skype, voipbuster, and 
microsoft networking?