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

[schoappied <schoappied gmail com>]

On Tuesday 01 April 2008 22:25:13 Damien Sandras wrote:
> Le mardi 01 avril 2008 à 22:12 +0200, schoappied a écrit :
> > 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 ?
>
> Well, we changed our mind.
>
> > Why should windows users pay for Ekiga if there's skype, voipbuster, and
> > microsoft networking?
>
> All of them require to pay at some point...

you could also make a shareware version for linux...