Cross-platform virtual meetings

[Bryan O'Neal]

I have loved this thread so far!  What I can tell you we did was
Skype: Voice/Chat/Video
Yugma: Presentation/Desktop Sharing/PSTN Voice Conferencing

The down side to Skype is that only two people can video conference and for
voice only I have found my clients are more comfortable with the old
fashioned dial in voice conference call provided with Yugma.

Yugma on the other had was great for presenting and collaboration.  With the
ability to pass control around or even switch presenters mid session so any
one who wants can show their screen and present their ideas and invite
others to take control for tweaking I have never found a better solution for
online meetings.  Plus the price can not be beet. Free for the basic edition
and something like $15 a month for the pro version.

Check it out at www.yugma.com you get the pro version free for 30 days.
After that your on the basic plan until you pay so there is no risk.

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[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Joe
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:06 AM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Cross-platform virtual meetings

My company is in the process of trying to set up virtual meetings, including
things like screencasting/sharing, voice, video, whiteboard, etc. The office
is all Mac, our clients are mostly Windows, and I'm on Linux. We've been
trying to find something that will work for everyone and is easy to use, but
so far haven't come up with much. Webex seems to work, but I can't get
screen or document sharing to work from Linux, and it also lacks voice. Most
of the others either didn't run at all or don't have any Linux client.

Recently I set up a VNC server on my machine and used our VPN to broadcast
back to the office and Skype to handle the audio. It worked, but not well,
and it's definitely not something that we can use with our clients.

So, fellow Linux users, got any other suggestions for what I should be
using? I'd settle for something that didn't have voice if everything else
worked really well, but of course, I'd like to have everything in one
package.

-Joe
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