On Saturday 18 February 2006 15:35, Richard Bos wrote:
Op zaterdag 18 februari 2006 04:44, schreef Joseph M. Gaffney:
Now, being the zealot and supporter that I am, I would love to be able to recommend Linux as an alternative for desktop collaboration, but this is one of the more crucial elements. Over time, perhaps messaging networks may come to the capabilities that are really required, but on a smaller level, I believe Skype to be the only viable option (though no video support in Linux yet - I'm a bit disappointed by that).
Perhaps the upcoming kopete? http://matt.rogers.name/cgi-bin/pyblosxom.cgi/KDE/kopete_0.12.html
The current kopete is said to have MSN video support. Never tried that though.
Tried it, its... ok. Perhaps later when jingle is further worked on and incorporated this may be better, but I do not like the idea of being somehow tied to MSN for video and voice applications on linux. Also, the size limits are an issue. Not to mention the ability to connect several clients together in a group, not a one on one conversation. I dont believe any im/voip/vtc app has even come close to the collaboration application that will eventually be necessary, but maybe thats my own ridiculousness. I actually blogged about this [1], giving my overall opinion on the matter, but it was the lack of camera support out of the box that sparked my original post. Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin [1] http://www.wtfisthat.net/blog/2006/02/17/the-need-for-collaboration/