Companies and universities still play at “Skype buster”
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It could be a game, “Kick Skype’s ass” game, in which organizations and corporations beat and repel the softphone as hard as they can.
First bust: San Jose State University is the latest California school to ban Skype from its campus. Given reasons remain the usual: Lack of security and bandwidth consumption. Other SIP-compatible softphones like Gizmo and Wengo are allowed. SJSU mentioned other “grid-computing-like” softwares, which certainly refer to file-sharing platforms.
UPDATE — After a talk with eBay’s government affairs people, San Jose State University has reconsidered the Skype ban, says Skype Journal. The softphone could grow in peace on the campus. The Intel server dedicated to lock down some Skype abilities has been one of the convincing arguments.
Second bust: Software company Mangosoft got its gun against Skype (via voip watch). The reason: “The Complaint alleges that each of the defendants have infringed, and continue to infringe, U.S. Patent No. 6,647,393 entitled ‘Dynamic Directory Service‘ in violation of one or more provisions of 35 U.S.C. section 271.” Mangosoft has developed Medley99, a software-based file server that enables small businesses to share files without investing in server hardware.
Skype has done such a great update in its 2.5 version that security system companies need to reshape their Skypebuster filters. So far, with a mild success. Hopefully, would argue Skype. The dedicated version of its softphone for corporate use will be out within some weeks. The future version is supposed to allow system administrators to disable any of half a dozen functions, including file transfers.
Sep 25, 2006 | By Nuno
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