I like the Odin one very much! Actually I would like to get rid of the "meeting" term. Le dim, 23/05/2004 à 15:22 -0400, David C. Days a écrit : > On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 12:00, gnomemeeting-list-request gnome org wrote: > > > <snip> > > > >Now, I'm more and more worried about GnomeMeeting's name because : > > > > > >- people associate GnomeMeeting to Netmeeting, and Netmeeting is dead. > > >Moreover, GnomeMeeting is more than just Netmeeting and will also > > >support SIP in the future. So people think GnomeMeeting is a dead > > >application just because the new "hype" is Skype or MSN Messenger even > > >if GnomeMeeting has the same features... > > > > > > > > Problem is that today people says "my friends have messenger(skype), I > > have to use messenger (skype)" What is SIP or H323 oe IAX they don't > > know. But telling them that you can call with SIP UA or H323 UA, they > > start to think different. So I think problem is not only GM but all UA's > > SIP, H323 and IAX. > > > > >- people think a webcam is necessary to use GnomeMeeting, they think > > >"Skype is for people who want to do voicechat, and GnomeMeeting is for > > >people who want to videochat". But that's wrong, GnomeMeeting has just > > >more features. I think that the confusion is due to the Netmeeting name. > > > > > >- people don't see GnomeMeeting as a Voice Over IP application, or as an > > >IP telephony application. I don't know why... > > > > > > > > First of all, they are using Windows (as far as I know, there is no > > audio client compliant of skype or messenger , doesn't matter which OS). > > So if GnomeMetting doesn't run under windows, they are not interested. > > > > >- people think they absolutely need GNOME to run GnomeMeeting, when it > > >is not true anymore. If we have a WIN32 version, perhaps the "GNOME" > > >part should be removed from the name. > > > > > > > > That's true. Just remember how long people using other manager as GNOME > > had to wait till they got ringing sound ;-) > > > > >What do you think? Do you have propositions for a new name? > > > > > > > <snip> > > How about "OpenMeeting"? I know "Open-anything" is kind of a buzzword, > but it would go a ways towards disassociating it from Gnome and > stressing the opensource nature... > > Example: "OpenMeeting-- The network conferencing tool compatible with > multiple H.323 clients**" and then list some compatible > clients--position in list could be determined by popularity of that > other client. > > **Statement not evaluated by the FCC or my lawyer--don't sue! :-) > > (Of course, "buzzy-ness" leads to other possibilities: > --Open*Meeting (* for any meeting product...the geeks would get it...) > --StarMeeting (same thing for the non-geeks...), but Sun might have a > cow... > --Open Source H.323 Interclient Teleconferencing System...never mind, > the acronym doesn't work out...) > --NetCAVV--Network Conferencing and Video/Voice System.. > --ODIN Conferencing -- OpenSource Data-Interchange Network > Conferencing (yeah, it's big on the Norse mythology, but people seem to > like that...) > > Just a few ideas off the top of my head...) > > > _______________________________________________ > GnomeMeeting-list mailing list > GnomeMeeting-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnomemeeting-list
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