Presence and IntComm WG

[Stephen Kingham <>]

Hi all,

Candace Holman wrote:

> It's great that Yahoo will be using the eyeBeam SDK.  Nice choice!
>
> By closed - I assume you mean peer-to-peer SIP calling , without PSTN 
> gateways?  There's nothing wrong with that, especially if it's free.


Yes it is great that SIP is being used, it will help get advanced user 
to user communications to the masses.

But I think there is something wrong with closed networks, ones that 
effectively locking users into a closed group where their communication 
with others is controlled/stopped by someone else.

More and more I see the similarities between SIP and EMAIL.  Would the 
world have tolerated email being introduced as closed networks where you 
have to use physical post to get from say Yahoo to hotmail?  I think not 
.... although the mischievous side of me wonders if that would slow down 
all this email, and on the other hand I would loose contact with a lot 
of friends.  And on the other hand EMail did start off as closed 
networks, then eventually the pressure to communication and the 
interconnect between Organisational Networks and the open Internet one. 

I just hope and trust the same will happen with SIP - that they will all 
eventually interconnect and be open so that everyone can communicate 
with everyone else.

In hope!

Stephen Kingham

PS As usually I was very pleased I got your email Candice, and that you 
were not like thous poor Yahoo SIP users doomed to the limitations of a 
Yahoo created world ;-) (humor). 

> Candace
>
> At 09:17 AM 6/17/2005, you wrote:
>
> > Another "closed" SIP ecosystem.
> >
> > _http://sipthat.com/archives/000306.html_
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > *Rodger M. Will*
> > Ford Motor Company
> > Next Generation Collaborative Computing, SIE/ITI
> > Tel: 313-323-2636
> >  

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