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		GeneralMaximus on Sept 1, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EBay to sell Skype to investment group including A... What alternative do you suggest? It should work flawlessly on Windows, Linux and OS X, and work well even on 128kbps connections. It should work from behind routers and firewalls, and not turn my Mac into a flaming piece of plastic. Well?

riffic on Sept 1, 2009 [–]

your mac has ichat.

GeneralMaximus on Sept 2, 2009 | [–]

Yes, but I regularly need to talk to people who use Windows or Linux.

riffic on Sept 3, 2009 | | [–]

good thing ichat supports a cross platform protocol like SIP then!

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