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Why another softphone?

April 26, 2017softphone

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Why another softphone?

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Frank W. Miller, Ph.D. *Most* of the softphones out there have two attributes: 1) they are tied to a particular service and 2) they run *best* on Windows. The Cornfed SIP User Agent is service independent and targeted specifically at Linux. 2. What made you want to do this? Frank: Im a startup guy. This is my third Voice-over-IP (VoIP) startup. The first two were focused on VoIP gateways, first in the core, then closer to the edge. I believe in voice as a basic means of communications. I also believe in the power of the edge that is inherent in the Internet. Those two beliefs lead one to the VoIP user client. 3. Do you think that eventually all phone calls will be carried out with softphones? Frank: If you mean softphone in the traditional sense of a program running on my computer, the answer is no. There are too many other useful voice communications form factors. If you mean some piece of software that implements voice communications protocols running on any device from a traditional