[SecurityMatters]

Enough people care about the software being open that this project will have a good market, if it produces a useful product. I tried Skype several years ago, but I never felt comfortable using it. With proprietary software like Skype, you just don't know what they are doing with your data. The GNU project does not have to be better than Skype, just usable. Ekiga and Twinkle work pretty well now, but they have problems that more competition should help. And, like other people here say, I suspect the GNU project is likely to produce a product that can be hooked into all sorts of other products. It is the UNIX way, after all.