On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 08:16:47AM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 07:06:14AM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: > >>> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2009/02/24/skype-steals-bandwidth-%E2%80%94-even-when-you-are-not-using-it/ > >> > >> I read the blog. What makes it any different than AIM, Yahoo, etc., > >> that calls home regularly to tell you if your friends are online or not > >> or that you are online. Do you get a disclaimer on Adium or Pidgin or > >> Trillian? No. > > > > Well, duh! "Calling home" to see who else is connected is an obvious > > design for a person-server-person communication system. Just like > > IRC. But with IRC or Pidgin, the only thing going through your wire > > are bytes that you are originating or that you are receiving. For > > your benefit. With Skype you might be receiving, sending or computing > > checksums on behalf of other people whom you have never met. > > > > Now, this is not necessary a bad thing - this is how Skype makes money > > and can keep its services discounted to clients and profitable to the > > shareholders. As long as you know and you agree, all is fine. The > > trouble is when Skype consumes more resources that one expects. > > Except that they have yet to turn a true profit :) How does $6bn sound? Cheers, florin -- Don't question authority! They don't know either. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110511/219c0975/attachment.pgp>