-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Margherita, I support your initial bewilderment, no need to appologize. The OCG is also stuck on gotomeeting and I always have to borrow a Mac or participate from my mobile phone which makes the whole effort suck. I think we should try to avoid these solutions as widely as we can.
Barry, I like your suggestion to support http://openmeetings.apache.org/ But I would like to get some more realworl feedback on folks who have used it, I have no experience at all with this software. Having said that - do we really need a full fledged *conference* software to transmit a webinar? That feels a bit overblown. Even reveal.js has a server push version to direct slides to many people - and that is just JavaScript. 8-) Talk through a regular radio stream and receive questions through IRC, Twitter, or whatever else people throw at you. I am probably hilariously oversimplifying things but I really don't think we need to go webex or gotomeeting for a seminar. Cheers, Arnulf On 18.10.2013 17:08, Margherita Di Leo wrote: > Hi, > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Miles Fidelman > <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net <mailto:mfidel...@meetinghouse.net>> wrote: > > Lluís Vicens wrote: > > On 18/10/13 15:05, Norman Vine wrote: > > > On Oct 18, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Margherita Di Leo > <dileomargher...@gmail.com > <mailto:dileomargher...@gmail.com> > <mailto:dileomargherita@gmail.__com > <mailto:dileomargher...@gmail.com>>> wrote: > > Hi! > > looks like the system requirements for the platform > chosen for the webinar do not support Linux.. I just > received the confirmation email with the specs. I mean, > are you kidding? > > > Work-arounds (or lack thereof) aside - the "are you kidding" comment > still applies. Just as a not, webex DOES support Linux. > > This is absurd. > > I apologize if i sounded too “harsh” in my previous comment, and would > like to add that I really appreciate the webinar initiative and thank > all those involved in that. > That said, my point is that the technology used for deliver OSGeo's > message is not a mere detail. Of course, the best choice would be to use > an open source software for that, honestly I'm not aware if there are > any (reliable). > But, whatever platform you choose, should IMHO at very least not > discriminate against Linux users, which are often constrained to use > tricks to access other services elsewhere.. because it's simply > exhausting [1], and we shouldn't expect to be discriminated against by > those who are supposed to deliver the very same message that we do. > > Thanks and best regards > > madi > > > [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gGXylVz6KI > > > > -- > Best regards, > > Dr. Margherita DI LEO > Scientific / technical project officer > > European Commission - DG JRC > Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) > Via Fermi, 2749 > I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261 > > Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 > margherita.di-...@jrc.ec.europa.eu > <mailto:margherita.di-...@jrc.ec.europa.eu> > > Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may > not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of > the European Commission. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > - -- Arnulf Christl (Director) The metaspatial Institute Certification: Open Source - Open Data - Open Standards http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlJhWtMACgkQXmFKW+BJ1b3spACfQwzmwm9PPOUI63HxVEaKNsmi wEQAn31ZmNoWP4ByTKgK+EgWcWXlwtmY =Vjg5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss