An alternative to Skype

[Uri Even-Chen]

Hi people,

I saw Richard Stallman's signature:
> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
>  Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/

I'm using Skype to communicate with my friends. I mostly use it for instant
messaging (not phone calls). I did use it for phone calls in the past, but I
don't have a microphone attached to my computer - so today I use regular
phone (018). When I used Skype for phone calls, I paid Skype for "Skype out"
credit, but Skype zeroed my credit after a few months of not using their
service - which I consider stealing money from me. For all that reasons, I
don't want to use Skype. But Skype is a monopoly - all my friends use it.
Even my grandmother wants to start using it. What free alternatives are
there to Skype? (free as in freedom of course).

By the way, what do you think about Google talk? I use Google talk from my
Gmail account (I didn't download the software).

I'm using Windows XP on PC. And Google Chrome as my browser.

Thanks,
Uri Even-Chen
Mobile Phone: +972-50-9007559
E-mail: uri at speedy.net
Website: http://www.speedy.net/
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