The future of Ubuntu Linux.... Will it make Micky$oft go bankrupt?

Derek Broughton derek at pointerstop.ca
Wed May 13 13:41:19 UTC 2009


Dotan Cohen wrote:

>> I am not sure why so may people here keep on assuming that Ekiga is not
>> comparable to Skype in features. Perhaps it is time all of you guys went
>> to Ekiga web page and took a look.
>>
> 
> I am convinced, and giving it a solid second look.
> 
> I wonder if the name has anything to do with it. Skype sounds like
> "sky", something clear and without limits, clean.

Actually, I've always found "skype" rhymes with "hype", and thought it not a 
great name, but ...

> Ekiga sounds to me
> like a grunt, excrement, something dirty. Is this cultural? Do others
> perceive it differently?

No, I don't - Ekiga is an _awful_ name.

-- 
derek






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