On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:39 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. > 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. > While I don't like the proprietary file format, one thing I do like about WebEx recordings is the ability to see the participant list. It's not a big deal really, but does any of the alternatives support this or plan to support it? Other than that I haven't had enough experience with either so for now I have to abstain from voting, for me proper Linux support is probably the highest on the priority list. -Lori
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