FOSDEM - Open Source VoIP

[Kilian Krause]

Daniel,

On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 08:34:00PM +0000, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> As some of you know, I'll be running an open source VoIP session in the 
> Debian devroom at FOSDEM.
> 
>    http://www.fosdem.org/2007/schedule/speakers/daniel+pocock
> 
> The theme will be quite generic and wide-ranging, looking at:
> 
> - What is VoIP, codec comparison, etc

Good. Please try to also make people understand that a 64kBit codec
needs 80kBit/s bandwidth. And of course all of this "Skype uses iLBC
too, why can't I just use /AppXwhatever/ just as a drop in replacement
with my line like on Windows and have same A/V quality results" etc.. I
guess you know what the various answers and most common questions are,
but still, if unusre send me a copy of the presentation and we can
discuss it. 


> - Survey of the products already out there, particularly the Debian 
> packaged ones

Ok.


> - As it is a developers conference, I will then proceed to look at how a 
> SIP stack can be linked into an existing non-VoIP application, to give 
> that application VoIP capabilities (e.g. messaging, click-to-dial)

This point should especially point out that one doesn't need to fully
implement one's own VoIP app, but doing remote control (like DBUS with
Ekiga) is the much more sensible thing to do. If we'll get some hundret
client apps out there in the long run, we'll just duplicate the same
problems all over and over again. That means lost time and more dead
upstreams when people loose interest. Interaction and synergy is what
counts here.

-- 
Best regards,
Kilian