Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] GM 3.00 : PLEASE ALL READ AND CONTRIBUTE

[Alan L Tyree <typhoon aanet com au>]

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 23:51:30 +0100 (BST)
Chris Rankin <rankincj yahoo com> wrote:

> Not necessarily. I can't blame Windows users for abandoning
> NetMeeting. The point is that chatting to people over the internet
> requires *two* people with compatible software. If GM is that software
> then nobody cares whether it's using H323 or not, unless it's making
> unreasonable or unworkable demands on the firewall or NAT.
> 
> I hereby grant everyone in the entire world my permission to run more
> than one piece of videoconferencing software on their PCs ... ;-).

Well, yes, but.... 

Most users find it inconvenient or difficult to run multiple programs
for this one purpose. Sometimes it is because the software in question
stuffs the sound card for other clients, sometimes it is just because
the software is too hard to set up.

In my view, that has been the spectacular success of Skype. For most
users it is simple to install and it works. No need to fiddle firewalls
or anything else. That is a great thing and the reason that I use Skype
to talk to family and others who haven't a clue about computers.

I would love for GM to be an all purpose solution to the video/phone
problem. Ideally talk to my knowlegeable friends who use SIP/IAX but
also talk to my not-so-knowledgeable friends who think Skype is the
cat's pajamas.

Cheers,
Alan

> 
> Cheers,
> Chris
> 
> --- Bruno Hertz <brrhtz yahoo de> wrote:
> > Alan L Tyree <typhoon aanet com au> writes:
> > 
> > > I agree with this. The sad truth is that we need to talk to
> > > Windows people, and that currently means Netmeeting or Skype.
> > 
> > Or SJPhone or XLite or Firefly or ... Basically all of my Windows
> > Peers use SIP resp IAX phones or Skype. None uses Netmeeting. I
> > guess that, regarding trends in end user internet telephony, pushing
> > H323 is pretty much equivalent to beating a dead horse.
> 
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