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Dimdim: Free and open source web meeting
I think it would be fair to call Dimdim a WebEx "mee-too" application.
Dimdom offers a web- and Flash-based meeting application which allows you to communicate (via video, audio or text) and to collaborate through whiteboards. You're able to share a presentation or even you whole desktop (at least if you're still on Mac or Windows).
The most outstanding feature however is the released source-code. Not only open, but also free as in speech, distributed under the terms of the GPL.
Even if you're not interested in deploying your own server, you might want to trade any other web meeting portal for dimdim. Unfortunately, sharing your Desktop with Linux is not possible right now, but at least it's on the roadmap.
While I consider the release of the source code a really smart move of Dimdim Inc., I wonder why they don't offer paid support for the open-source edition. There are a lot of companies who prefer FOSS, but still able and willing to pay for their software through support contracts.
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Hi Markus, Have you tried
Hi Markus,
Have you tried Mikogo for free desktop sharing and online meetings? http://www.mikogo.com
Mikogo only takes a moment to start, and then you can share any screen content with your meeting participants. This includes websites, PDFs, word documents, or any application. Mikogo has many great features including switch presenters, remote keyboard and mouse control, file transfer, 256bit AES encryption, Skype Extra and more.
Application selection in Mikogo is great as it allows you to choose certain applications for sharing while hiding the others from the view of the meeting participants.
Check out our website and see how Mikogo goes for you. If you have any questions, feel free to email me.
All the best,
Andrew
The Mikogo Team
Sorry, I prefer free and open
Sorry, I prefer free and open source software.
Please correct me if I am
Please correct me if I am wrong, but does dimdim change their licensing from "Free Speech" (Open Source) to "Free as Beer"? We were unable get current source code. What is your experience with what dimdim call “Open Source”?
When talking about free Web Conferencing Services, there are other Free Web Conferencing Services on the market. The spreed (http://www.spreed.com) web conferencing service for instance offers free unified conferencing which includes worldwide telephone conferencing. It’s free web conferencing service is available since quite a while (December 2004). Since then spreed is actively used by a rapidly growing customer base. With its US-based operations spreed offers a Free Web and Telephone Conferencing Services for users located in the US. You may check it out on http://spreed.com (click on the US flag and create an free account) or access directly on http://us.spreed.com
Niels Mache
CEO struktur / spreed
According to dimdim
According to dimdim officials, 4.5 will be released within the next 5 weeks. That's fine with me, as long as there's an open source alternative, I won't start using closed source services.
Hi, have you ever heard about
Hi,
have you ever heard about TeamViewer? TeamViewer is a remote control and desktop sharing solution of the TeamViewer GmbH in Germany (http://www.teamviewer.com). TeamViewer establishes connections to any PC or server all around the world within just a few seconds. You can remote control a partners desktop to give online assistance, or you can show your screen to a customer - all without worrying about firewalls, IP addresses and NAT. TeamViewer also has a lot of other features. All this is free for personal use. Find out why more than 15.000.000 users trust TeamViewer!
All the best,
Jasmin
TeamViewer GmbH Germany
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1videoConference is a free
1videoConference is a free web conferencing tool in alpha stage that’s burning up the charts on Sourceforge. Like the previously profiled DimDim, it’s software you download and install on your server. It’s designed to be folded into your domain just like your other web pages. Site administrators can then invite users to participate in a video, voice, text chat and screen sharing web conference. The product is far from perfect today, but if these sorts of services can be implemented well in open source they could really change the high priced game of web conferencing. 1videoConference is the 12th most active project on Sourceforge this week and I think it’s one worth watching.
AJAX based web meeting
AJAX based web meeting platform that is a great alternative to Webex, Goto Meeting,Dissertation etc. etc. The price is right and the darn thing actually works! Installation is a little cumbersome but nothing the Sys. Admin in your office wont be able to handle in a couple of hours.
I honestly think that it is a
I honestly think that it is a great opportunity coming out for so many of us now that we are able to communicate through whiteboards, even with collaboration. And guess what! All that through audio and video and even text which seems to me is a great boon for most of us! Especially for those who are in the Mac platform. Besides where else can we have the luxury of sharing our desktop? Dim Dim has surely found its way to an insurance policy!
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