release of SIP Communicator 1.0-alpha1 (nist-sip)

Hello all,

I was thinking that this is worth mentioning on this mailing list:

After about a year of development the SIP Communicator project, a SIP
soft phone and a multi protocol instant messenger, has finally made its
very first 1.0-alpha1 release (end of December). The release includes
support for SIP calls (still unstable but getting better by the day),
Jabber, ICQ and MSN. More details available on http://sip-communicator.org

The collaboration between the SIP Communicator and the NIST SIP
projects, goes a loooooong way back (back in 2003, the first versions of
SIP Communicator were actually one of the usage examples in the stack)
and it has always been a pleasure!

I wanted to express the gratitude of all our team to all those who have
been contributing to the nist-sip project! We owe a lot to you and the
quality of the stack!

I would also like to send my very special thanks to Ranga, who has
always been there whenever we had any questions or matters to discuss!
Ranga, you've always been the best advisor one could be and it's always
   been a pleasure working with you!

Thank you for your contributions to the community and keep up your
excellent work!

Cheers
Emil