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

["David Mohr" <damailings mcbf net>]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:12 PM, schoappied <schoappied gmail com> wrote:
> 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?

Obviously because ekiga is much better, and since it's 3.00 it'll come
with many new and so far undisclosed features!

I'm so looking forward to this, since ekiga has been what previously
held me back from finally making the switch from Linux to Windows.
Thank you Damien!

~David