On Friday we usually try to wrap up a few of the stories from the week with a discussion. Yesterday was no exception, as I had a large list of topics. We began with the relatively easy discussion around Skype’s Jonathan Christensen’s assertion that VoIP is dead, from ITEXPO, and then moved on to Michael Robertson’s letter to Skype. Robertson is accusing Skype of hypocrisy when Skype demands that the carriers open their networks to Skype, but in turn refuse to open Skype to SIP providers. Naturally, it’s controversial. His letter attracted a strongly worded response from Skype Journal, and an equally passionate response from Michael again.
Michael Robertson himself joined our call, and a ferocious debate ensued among the participants. Needless to say, we didn’t get through the rest of the list of topics I had.
On the Calliflower Conference Call: Hudson Barton, Andy Abramson, Jim Courtney, Mark Hewitt, Jeb Brilliant, Ian Hood, Bill Volk, James Body, Stuart Henshall, Jonathan Jensen, Tom Orr, Pat Phelan, Sergio Meinardi, Dan Rockwell, Heather Olson, and Michael Robertson
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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Michael, as usual, is spot on here. Open is best. Period. End of story. There are no other relevant issues.
Great call! Wish I could have been there live, but I was on a flight at the time.
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