http://www.saunderslog.com/2005/03/11/159/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=159 An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.saunderslog.com/2005/03/11/159/#comment-27 Separate the Skype Engine From the GUI -- Alec Saunders .LOG Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:52:57 +0000 http://2034968659#comment-27 [...] As I have said many times in the past, softphones are platforms.  The future role of the softphone is an integration platform for desktop applications. Skype’s platform strategy, today, is only half there.  It relies on old IPC technologies, and forces developers to always have the Skype GUI front and center. This move would address the deficiencies of their current strategy, and would give developers the ability to create bots, specialized Skype softphones for different classes of users (think business), and potentially native Skype devices rather than the PC attached handsets of today.  It’s a very smart move, and has been a long time coming. [...] [...] As I have said many times in the past, softphones are platforms.  The future role of the softphone is an integration platform for desktop applications. Skype’s platform strategy, today, is only half there.  It relies on old IPC technologies, and forces developers to always have the Skype GUI front and center. This move would address the deficiencies of their current strategy, and would give developers the ability to create bots, specialized Skype softphones for different classes of users (think business), and potentially native Skype devices rather than the PC attached handsets of today.  It’s a very smart move, and has been a long time coming. [...]

]]> http://www.saunderslog.com/2005/03/11/159/#comment-26 Roundup: Skype / EBay Stories -- Alec Saunders .LOG Tue, 13 Sep 2005 03:30:34 +0000 http://2034968659#comment-26 [...] AFP: EBay takes on Internet telephony with Skype deal. "EBay said Skype will add more functions including video and toolbars for Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer, on top of premium services already on offer such as voicemail, call forwarding and conference calling." Softphones are platforms! [...] [...] AFP: EBay takes on Internet telephony with Skype deal. "EBay said Skype will add more functions including video and toolbars for Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer, on top of premium services already on offer such as voicemail, call forwarding and conference calling." Softphones are platforms! [...]

]]> http://www.saunderslog.com/2005/03/11/159/#comment-25 X-Pro Adds TAPI Support -- Alec Saunders .LOG Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:05:28 +0000 http://2034968659#comment-25 [...] Once again, close your eys and repeat after me: softphones are platforms.  [...] [...] Once again, close your eys and repeat after me: softphones are platforms.  [...]

]]> http://www.saunderslog.com/2005/03/11/159/#comment-24 Voice on IM Long Term -- Alec Saunders .LOG Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:30:47 +0000 http://2034968659#comment-24 [...] Om Malik on the Long Term Impact of Combining VoIP and IM.  As he says "Voice will soon become an embedded feature in most applications" — a platform component.  You will see voice in games, IM, business processes, web sites, and many many more places.  [...] [...] Om Malik on the Long Term Impact of Combining VoIP and IM.  As he says "Voice will soon become an embedded feature in most applications" — a platform component.  You will see voice in games, IM, business processes, web sites, and many many more places.  [...]

]]> http://www.saunderslog.com/2005/03/11/159/#comment-23 MSN Acquires Teleo -- Alec Saunders .LOG Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:48:07 +0000 http://2034968659#comment-23 [...] There’s a very interesting story on the wire this morning.  Microsoft has acquired Teleo, a San Francisco VoIP startup, and plans to offer VoIP services (both paid and free) through MSN.  Repeat after me: softphones are platforms, softphones are platforms. [...] [...] There’s a very interesting story on the wire this morning.  Microsoft has acquired Teleo, a San Francisco VoIP startup, and plans to offer VoIP services (both paid and free) through MSN.  Repeat after me: softphones are platforms, softphones are platforms. [...]

]]> http://www.saunderslog.com/2005/03/11/159/#comment-22 Alec Saunders .LOG » Blog Archive » Microsoft Releases Presence Controls for Communicator Fri, 26 Aug 2005 03:36:28 +0000 http://2034968659#comment-22 [...] As I pointed out in March of this year, the softphone is evolving into a desktop integration platform for VoIP.  Expect to see presence become a widely used feature in all sorts of line-of-business applications.  And, because presence doesn’t (yet) include the idea of relevance, expect to see many abuses of the technology as well.  As Mike Gotta of the Burton Group said in the news piece: "Some people may not want to be pinged by someone they don’t know. There are some etiquette and user interface and communications techniques that developers have to define for the presence enablement of applications." [...] [...] As I pointed out in March of this year, the softphone is evolving into a desktop integration platform for VoIP.  Expect to see presence become a widely used feature in all sorts of line-of-business applications.  And, because presence doesn’t (yet) include the idea of relevance, expect to see many abuses of the technology as well.  As Mike Gotta of the Burton Group said in the news piece: "Some people may not want to be pinged by someone they don’t know. There are some etiquette and user interface and communications techniques that developers have to define for the presence enablement of applications." [...]

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