I apologize in advance if this post is "OT."

I just read about Skype for the first time today. I'm
suspicious -- who is paying?

Of particular note from Reuters today:
"Zennstrom [president of Skype] co-founded Kazaa, the computer
peer-to-peer file-sharing software that enabled millions to
download music from the Internet for free and caused much pain to
record companies. "

As I recall, Kazaa is/was a superstar of abusive spyware, and
Zennstrom was the perp-in-chief. Is this a case of "here we go
again?" Who pays this piper? Will Skype rape my computer in the
manner of Real Player (which performed more than 5,000 logged
changes to my operating system)? Is there a pound of flesh that
it'll take from my hide? Anybody know?

Richard

In article <y1x8e.14992$m31.142087@typhoon.sonic.net>,
rgsteinBUTREMOVETHIS@sonic.net says...
I downloaded Skype. Before installing you can read the license, and I
didn't install it. After reading, with in my mind this comes from the
makers of Kazaa, I didn't trust it at all.
But you can read it for yourself and decide.
Peter

"Peter Zwitser" <zwitser1-remove-it@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:MPG.1cccc8fb812e9606989682@newszilla.xs4all.n l...
It seems that Skype intends to make its money from SkypeOut (calls from
computer to phones) while computer to computer calls are free (at present).
I'm not sure whether Skype is still in beta stage. I have not detected any
malware activities, and AFAIK it has not been regarded as malware by Spybot,
Ad-aware, MS Antispy etc.

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Frank Bohan
¶ Willpower is the ability to eat one salted peanut.

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:32:23 +0100, "Frank Bohan"
<franbo@sparkingwire.com> typed furiously:

to another person then they must be running Skype as it will not talk
to anyone not on a Skype network.

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David
Remove "farook" to reply
At the bottom of the application where it says
"sign here". I put "Sagittarius"

David wrote:

Errr, well, yes, if you're using the free Skype to Skype PC based, but
the Skype Out is for calling onto a plain old telephone (landline)
system, either in your own country or (some) overseas countries.
KeithS

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:42:52 +0100, KeithS wrote:

Does is support any decent phones and is Skype needed on both sides of the
conversation?

"Chrissy Cruiser" <doublebreasted@mail.com> wrote in message
news:j1rbmilacbhl$.1baggubaq4742.dlg@40tude.net...
http://www.skype.com/community/forums.html

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Frank Bohan
¶ French Pangram: Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:07:43 +0100, Frank Bohan wrote:

Thanks, Frank.

Was that a yes or a no? LOL

Chrissy Cruiser wrote:

On your PC, you need Skype, headset/speakers and microphone, or you can
use, I believe, some special VOIP phones (http://www.voipvoice.com/).
The person who receives the call on a POTS landline uses their normal
phone. As they're not on a pc, they can't/don't use Skype.

KeithS

Chrissy Cruiser wrote:

Re my above - http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/

KeithS

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Lius
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/200...L-CD-about.php



"Chrissy Cruiser" <doublebreasted@mail.com> wrote in message
news:1n3j7hpntbu5s.w5bo895pnu43.dlg@40tude.net...

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:19:41 +0700, Lius wrote:

Thank you kindly.

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:26:25 +0100, KeithS wrote:

Thanks, Keith.

"Chrissy Cruiser" <doublebreasted@mail.com> wrote in message
news:1n3j7hpntbu5s.w5bo895pnu43.dlg@40tude.net...
Just a pointer in the right direction!!!

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Frank Bohan
¶ Where there's a will, there's a beneficiary.

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 22:20:46 +0100, Frank Bohan wrote:

I got two "pointers" then for you.

<unbuttoning *three* blouse buttons!>