> On Apr 13, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Casey Cain <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, Everyone! > > At the request of the Technical Community I have been investigating > alternative conference platforms for OpenDaylight to use to conduct weekly > and impromptu meetings. > > The community has gravitated to 2 solutions. Zoom and Bluejeans. Most of > the community is familiar with Bluejeans and has likely used it at one point. > Zoom is a relative newcomer to the conference scene but is very popular and > becoming rapidly adopted by a number of organizations including the Linux > Foundation and several of it's Incorporated Projects. > > Both platforms have feature parity for the basics of conferencing. HD Audio > and Video, Ability to connect from China, Mobile app support for iOS and > Android, MP4 Recordings, 50 participants per call (Upgradeable), Local Dial > in numbers in 70+ countries, Per user based licence model > > There are some key differences though. > > Zoom has full cross platform support for Linux, Windows and Mac as well as > some interesting collaborative features and in conference polling. Zoom does > have limited Cloud storage, but this is offset by the ability for users to > record locally. Zoom's biggest flaw that I have seen so far is that a paid > licence (from the same account that scheduled the meeting) must be logged > into the meeting or it will end automatically after 40 minutes.
And what is the plan to overcome this? Will you or other LF folks be logged to all ODL meetings? > Zoom will cost the OpenDaylight Project $1,650/y > > Bluejeans does not have full cross-platform support for Linux but does > support Mac, Windows and mobile platforms. Despite the lack of full Linux > platform support, Bluejeans does have a web client that works on all > platforms (*though it is currently buggy). The advantages of Bluejeans are > Unlimited cloud storage and the scheduler of the meeting is not required to > be present during the meeting, though some collaborative features such as > recording will be disabled if the host is not present. > Bluejeans will cost the OpenDaylight Project $3,000/y > > The OpenDaylight trial period for Zoom expires on April 18th and the offer > from Bluejeans at $25 per licence (Down from $79 per licence) expires on > April 21st. > > I would like to get the technical communities feedback and vote on which > platform they believe the OpenDaylight project should migrate to. > > I have also scheduled an open discussion using the Zoom platform for the > Monday TWS call: > > Monday @ 10AM, PST. > Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/740662219 > <https://zoom.us/j/740662219> > > Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +14086380968,740662219# or > +16465588656,740662219# > > Or Telephone: > Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) > Meeting ID: 740 662 219 > International numbers available: > https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=bxg9Uo1wEja4DXXdT14gLFhsGBHdaMym > <https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=bxg9Uo1wEja4DXXdT14gLFhsGBHdaMym> > > -- > Casey Cain > Technical Program Manager > Linux Foundation > _________________ > IRC - CaseyODL > Skype - wrathwolfk > WeChat - okaru6 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.opendaylight.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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