Comments on: Competition Is a Good Thing, Isn’t It?

By: elsua.net » Blog Archive » Damaka - Experience the Joy of Communicating

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 01:06:23 +0000

[...] A few weblog posts back I created a couple of weblog posts regarding a few of the VoIP / IM tools that are out there and that were going to bring some competition to Skype, which is always a good thing if you would want to stay ahead of the pack. That was when I talked about VoipBuster, Jajah and Gizmo. At the same time, and not too long ago, I mentioned Google’s incorporation into the VoIP / IM space with the launch of Google Talk. In short, it looks like the list is never going to end just there so I thought I would mention one last addition that I have been enjoying for a couple of weeks now and which I think is also going to have something to say. [...]

By: elsua.net » Blog Archive » Google Talk - Is It Really Worth While All the Fuss ?

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:47:45 +0000

[...] Somehow it has grabbed everybody’s attention and I just couldn’t help commenting myself on it as well, why not?, since I am just such a big fan of VoIP / Instant Messaging. Yes, I know you have heard / read about it already (You are probably getting tired of all the hype around it already, even though it is its first day out) but just for those who may not have seen it yet, GTalk is the latest VoIP / IM to enter the market after quite a few other offerings, that I have weblogged about in my weblog previously. [...]

By: elsua.net » Blog Archive » Just When You Thought Competition Might Have Won the Battle

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:11:56 +0000

[...] You actually find out that the competitors might not have beaten it any time soon. Over the last few days I have been creating a number of different weblog entries on a number of different competitors that are starting to come up to continue taking some market share from Skype, one of the most powerful VoIP / IM clients out there. And it all looked like it was going to be a tough time recovering from some major losses, but, wouldn’t you know it, Skype has just come back with a new plugin that will take online real-time collaboration into new heights: Jyve. [...]

By: elsua.net » Blog Archive » There Is Nothing More Interesting than Competition, Is It?

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 17:26:12 +0000

[...] Yes, folks, indeed, it seems like competition around VoIP clients is sky rocketing because it looks like we have got a new competitor in the market. Just recently I talked about VoipBuster and Jajah, Gizmo and Wavigo as pretty interesting competitors against Skype and it seems we have got a new competitor in the market: vSparrow. [...]

By: elsua.net » Blog Archive » Competition Is a Good Thing, Is It Not? Continued

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:12:31 +0000

[...] A couple of days ago I created a weblog entry talking about how Skype was starting to have some serious competition in the area of Instant Messaging and VoIP by mentioning two different new applications that have become available: VoipBuster and jajah. Well, it looks like there is now a new application that is supposed to provide the same kind of functionality as Skype and it is called Gizmo. [...]