There's a definite gap in the market for a very simple screen-sharing product like this, with maybe cut & paste and printing functionality. TV and LogMeIn are far too expensive for the home user. And I don't get why, surely what they do is essentially a solved problem by now.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Tue, 19 Sep 2017, at 03:35 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Customer is a small business and NOT tech savvy at all (so don't suggest > "UltraVNC configured oh so cool!"). I warned her you get what you pay > for many times, but said I'd research it. I use TeamViewer and it's > great for me but overkill for her. TV has a free license but the > wording appears to be such that it's for accessing your personal home > computer from work (not the other direction). LogMeIn (as we've noted > here) kept jacking up prices, and they have no more free version. I've > got a question into gotomypc.com to see if unattended access is an > option for their product (although it's not free either). I have no > problem telling a client that free isn't possible but I did say I'd > check first. GotoMyPC's pricing isn't bad for the single user if she > can use it in unattended access mode: > https://get.gotomypc.com/plansandpricing > > Other suggestions based on your experience? > > Found this too, reviewing alternatives to LMI: > https://www.pcworld.com/article/2091801/5-alternatives-to-logmein-free-for-remote-pc-access.html > > tia! > --Mike > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1505810255.3267134.1110834848.2e8ea...@webmail.messagingengine.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
