Skype For Mac OS X and Linux

Pablo Martinez-Almeida writes "Skype has just announced full versions of its software for Mac OS X and for Linux. Now I'm only waiting for some conversations recording feature. (via Om Malik on broadband)"

Isn't this the KaZaa people though?

[Anonymous Coward]

Aren't they the spyware kings? Can I really actually trust these people with software I install on my computer?

So far the Mac OS X world has been generally free of spyware and malware. Looking at this Skype release, I feel like the Native Americans watching the first wave of pilgrims coming off the boat, smiling and wanting to trade smallpox-infected blankets with us.

Re:Spyware

[jxyama]

maybe i'm naive, but this news is about skype for Mac and Linux. are they *any* spyware for either platform?

Bluetooth?

[hazzey]

Can I now get a bluetooth headset and have all the advantages of a cordless phone? The website mentions headsets, but there is nothing about bluetooth.

Re:First thoughts...

[Anonymous Coward]

My password is made up of characters. Unless you mean a unicode character 0x0b00?

As for the birthdate, I'm not certain, but you'd think it goes by your OS'es regionnal settings (perhaps that might work on some platforms but not another?).

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Open VoIP standards are even better

[anti-NAT]

It's a pity that Skype doesn't comply with any. It's almost inevitable that they'll leverage for their own financial benefit their customer lockin at some point in the future, just like Microsoft do with their closed file formats.

Just cross platform, not interoperable

[heydonms]

Skype can only talk to other skype users. While its great that a company is supporting linux and mac, I think in the long term VoIP in generally would benefit from people using something that is standards compliant (there are plenty of SIP soft phones out there for linux)

ALSA

[minaguib]

Skype still uses OSS under linux.

Since it's a new company where the software got developed while ALSA was available, I have to question why they released a "public" linux version that still does not offer ALSA, even after every second post in their linux forums asked for it.

Then there's also the possibility that, had their software been open-sourced, someone would have already added ALSA functionality to it; But that's for a different thread.

Re:I Just Recorded A Skype Conversation Today

[HeghmoH]

It's a phone conversation if you use SkypeOut to call another telephone. It may qualify as a phone conversation (or a recording-restricted conversation in general) even if it's just between Skype, however. The law is not nearly as stupid as everybody on slashdot seems to think, and these kinds of technicalities rarely matter.