google voice/video vs skype

[Michael Havens]

thanks for the recommendation.
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Kevin Fries <kevin at fries-biro.com> wrote:

> Haven't you heard?  Microsoft has blessed CentOS... ha ha ha
>
> Seriously, the days of Microsoft trying to kill off Linux by killing Linux
> versions of programs is pretty much over.  It hasn't worked, and only cost
> them money from products dieing the death of a proprietary purgatory. Even
> Microsoft's VM product formally accepts CentOS as a "officially supported
> operating system"
>
> But that being said, G+'s video chat client is far superior.  At my work,
> we have completely abandoned Skype for GTalk.  One of the key reasons why
> is that we use Windows, Linux, and Mac machines routinely in out
> operations.  Our largest client is a very Mac friendly company, so cross
> platform is crucial to us.  Even with all Windows clients, we could not get
> Skype to handle more than 3-4 video clients reliably.  Some days it
> would... other days junk.  But G+ has been great!  Linux and Mac clients
> are not second class citizens, and we often have 6-8 remote participants
> rarely with even the slightest glitch.
>
> So, from our own experience... I would highly recommend G+ video chat over
> Skype.
>
> Kevin
> On Oct 30, 2012 3:56 PM, "Matt Graham" <danceswithcrows at usa.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Daniel Stasinski
>> > Michael Havens wrote:
>> >> From the articles I've read it seems skype is better. But which
>> >> uses more resources? Is skype really better?
>> > I can't recall the exact numbers but in my own usage, Google Voice
>> > video used significantly less bandwidth than Skype video.  Less
>> > than half.  I have no idea about system resource usage though.
>>
>> Since Microsoft bought Skype, I've been thinking that they'll eventually
>> abandon the Linux Skype client, and it will stop working.  So I'll
>> probably
>> *have* to use google video or another video-chat client, not skype, at
>> some
>> point in the future.  I usually video chat with people pretty
>> infrequently,
>> only about 3 or 4 times per year though.
>>
>> --
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