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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Jitsi or Other Skype Alternative
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On 22 August 2013, at 17:08, hasufell wrote:
> =85 I was arguing from both sides. It is buggy, crashes a lot, =
consumes a
> lot of ressources and is able to slow down your whole desktop, mess =
with
> audio settings and whatnot.

My granny never had these problems, using Skype on her PC.

She uses it to chat to her cousin in Australia.=20

Whatever your complaints about a messaging application, you offer no =
solution if you don't offer a way to communicate with users who are only =
capable of running a setup.exe, who have this tremendously popular and =
well-known application already installed.=20

This "network effect" is not a new phenomenon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect

Stroller.