I have not tried Zoom. BlueJeans last time I tried it was unusable on a
Linux desktop and only marginally usable on a stock Android Nexus tablet.
While Webex has lots of issues (like taking nearly 8+ years to start
working on a 64 bit Linux desktop) it works on multiple platforms, does
the job and has usable recordings for those of us who cannot always make
it to the meeting.
A
On 20/04/17 07:39, Lori Jakab wrote:
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Casey Cain
<[email protected] <mailto:[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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