Re: [Ekiga-list] Query about sharing of physical devices

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

On 27/02/13 05:44, Stuart Gathman wrote:
> Long ago, Nostradamus foresaw that on 02/24/2013 12:12 AM, Bret Busby
> would write:
> > Thus, it appears that Linphone and Ekiga, can not be run concurrently,
> > but Ekiga and Skype can be run concurrently.
> Linphone and Ekiga use the same protocol (SIP).  You should be able to
> use Ekiga with your Linphone account and vice versa.  If reality falls
> short of this, it is because of bugs in one or the other application (or
> providers).  The whole point of SIP is to be able to chose between
> Ekiga/Blink/Twinkle/XLite/Linphone/etc  using any SIP service based on
> features, price and performance.
>
> The only reason Skype doesn't fit is that it uses its own secret
> protocol (that gives all other Skype users access to your PC), and only
> works with itself.

Right.

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Eugen