Re:Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client
by oddvar on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @07:36AM
(#11166244)
What if there was a free, interoperable protocol that could connect anything to anything?
That's what we are trying to achieve with Matrix (https://matrix.org) - making apps connect either natively or via gateways/bridges.
We already have bridges to IRC, Slack, and libpurple! Ideally we would connect all services to each other, but obvs we can only do so for those who offer an API.
In Matrix, you can set up a WebRTC call with any Matrix-user, and the user can take the call in whatever Matrix-client he wants. We already have open source clients for web, iOS and Android!
That's what we are trying to achieve with Matrix (https://matrix.org) - making apps connect either natively or via gateways/bridges.
We already have bridges to IRC, Slack, and libpurple! Ideally we would connect all services to each other, but obvs we can only do so for those who offer an API.
In Matrix, you can set up a WebRTC call with any Matrix-user, and the user can take the call in whatever Matrix-client he wants. We already have open source clients for web, iOS and Android!