8 posts tagged “microsoft”
Check out this video... Bill Gates' last day at his Microsoft office.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEWMC4usElM
I’m in love! The opportunities to grow your business are mind-boggling.
The other day, one client who's down in Kennebunk, Maine, saved 90 minutes of driving time, plus gas and the cost of parking in the Old Port. His investment: 2 minutes in downloading the software. For the small business owner or entrepreneur, you have to give Yugma a look in this "The World is Flat" world we live in. Whether you use their teleconferencing service, call a client direct, or set up a Skype conference to lay on top of a Yugma session, the opportunities to grow your business are mind-boggling.
- Rich Brooks, Flyte - http://tinyurl.com/2ffk4z
This extremely useful app takes desktop sharing and conferencing to the next level.
I actually found this to be one of, if not the most useful apps I've 'played' with to date. I can open it up, tell a friend, or a co-worker to hop on, and we can have a conference. The thing that I really like about this app is that it is all live, fast, and quick. Instead of having to upload or email a file to the other people, I can just pull it up on my own desktop and show it to them.
-Jake Dahn, Center Networks - http://tinyurl.com/28jmqt
Champagne anyone?
Have you ever hastily slapped together a PowerPoint demonstration and felt like you needed some good solid feedback on your spur-of-the-moment masterpiece before you head off to show to a client or whomever might be the informee to your slideshow? Now, what if you were remote, and didn’t have a confidant nearby to say yea or nay? Well, it just so happens that a few enterprising folks behind the conferencing utility known as Yugma thought of very similar potential dilemmas, apparently, because what they’re offering is a solution that rids you and your team or circle of worry. For free. Champagne anyone?
-Paul Glazowski, Profy - http://tinyurl.com/3d7jck
Yugma is one big killer web app—Give it a try!
-TechBuzz - http://tinyurl.com/2epuw3
Live Collaboration Nirvana = Skype + Yugma
Yugma is our latest find, and it is really cool. We are using the free version which is a java-based program that enables screencasting. I can initiate a webconference through Yugma, and our developers can all see my screen as I browse. It also includes markup tools so I can highlight the page so show exactly what I am talking about. Control of the screencast can be passed to any member on the conference.
-Chris Schultz, Voodoo Ventures - http://tinyurl.com/26nmmv
Yugma is brilliantly clear.
Yugma's strapline says it all: free web conferencing, forever, anytime, anywhere, Windows and Mac. It's a beautiful web-based tool for video conferencing, the kind of thing that doesn't need an install from your school IT Technician. It took about a minute to open up, register and get going. Brilliantly clear, with the option to share your desktop (so you can draw, write, illustrate) and a nice set of annotation tools to 'point' out what you're talking about.
-Ewan McIntosh, Edublogs - http://tinyurl.com/yslvn2
Weird name, but Yugma ROCKS for web conferencing!
Easy to use, free, and the product performance is great. Uninstall Yugma?
Yu gotta be kidding.
-The Business Web - http://tinyurl.com/2afmur
I was very, very impressed with Yugma.
I don’t showcase a lot of web applications, but this one is different. Web conferencing is necessary for a lot of businesses. From sales, to web design, and more - any job where you work with a team over a long distance needs web conferencing these days. Mac support in this area is a bit limited, and most services cost a monthly fee, or per session fee…but Yugma is different. All in all, I was very, very impressed with Yugma. If you need to do any web conferencing, either with your clients, or with your co-workers, this is a great free web based solution.
-Michael, Apple Gazette - http://tinyurl.com/ysx2hq
Yugma is the trifecta of easy and effective online collaboration.
I love Yugma. It is extremely painless to setup, use, and it is free to do it. Yugma is a web-conferencing tool that has excellent annotation tools, easy controls, and a simple sign-up process. It took me little more than ten minutes from sign-up to knowing how to use Yugma's tools and launching my first web conference without the trouble that WebEx usually gives me. This is the perfect tool for anyone who is teaching a class, discussing a group project, or even collaborating on a business deal. I can't tell you the many times in the last few months that I wished I had a service like this to illustrate a point visually instead of over the phone.
-Ryan Carter, Download Squad - http://tinyurl.com/24oy74
I can’t stop gushing about Yugma.
I can’t stop gushing about Yugma. It’s finally broken the barrier for inexpensive, interactive screen sharing between Macs and PCs. It’s fast, it works, it’s cheap and seems to have all the core features of the big guys like Webex and GoToMeeting. It amazes me that it took so long for someone to develop a product like this. Nobody has made it this easy to share between platforms.
-HalfDawn - http://tinyurl.com/yux29w
Essential for a total collaborative working environment.
With only a handful of other web conferencing applications currently available, Yugma's free service offers just about the same functionality as with the other paid subscription based web conferencing products. If you're a newcomer to the world of web conferencing, or if you're looking an alternative to your existing application, Yugma is hard to pass on.
-Pear Logic - http://tinyurl.com/2hpow6
By far the best we’ve ever used.
We have been utilizing virtual meeting software for years to meet online with our designers and programmers in Argentina, France and India. Web based programs like GotoMeeting served our needs well for PC based meetings, but once we transfered some of our staff over to Apples we were no longer able to utilize 90% of the virtual meeting services available. Enter Yugma, a really fast and affordable virtual meeting service that is by far the best we’ve ever used, plus it’s cross platform compatible.
-Azin Mehrnoosh, HiDef Web Solutions - http://tinyurl.com/2ff5do
The price and features are fantastic. You can’t beat Free!
Yugma is a new collaboration tool that lets users share a common online visual workspace and their desktops. It is impressive. Yugma offers free web conferencing sessions for up to 10 attendees (free version) to collaborate and share ideas online. It is a cinch to start a session and we use it often for sales and training support at Evolving Solutions and YourTeam Online.
-Chris Nadeau, The Perfect Balance - http://tinyurl.com/2gmb5q
Wow!
Free web conferencing tool. There are premium subscriptions available, but this puppy allows you to share your screen, audio conference, include a whiteboard, have chat, and all without ads. It also lets you create a widget that you can add to a website to let users web conference with you in one-click. Wow! Can we say "another virtual reference competitor" y'all?
-Librarian in Black - http://tinyurl.com/2d8775
The easiest conferencing setup on the internet.
If anyone is looking for a cross-platform web conferencing tool this is your answer. This tool will work with PCs and Macs as well as with any web browser. It’s JAVA based and is the easiest conferencing setup I have run across on the internet. I’ve looked at them all from Adobe Connect to WebEx to Microsoft LiveMeeting and none of those products have the cross-platform ease of use as Yugma. And the kicker is that it’s FREE to use!!
-Scottie Scheldberg, Scottie’s Blog - http://tinyurl.com/2heqtz
We invited Microsoft and key stakeholders of the Linux community to
meet and discuss the "Show Us The Code" issue on May 1st, the deadline
date of the Show Us The Code challenge. Interesting results!
More background at www.yugma.com/showusthecode
We just updated the Yugma website so
that once you sign in (and click "remember me") you stay logged in.
And when you are logged into the Yugma website, when ever you click Start
or Join
a session, you’ll now go straight into a Yugma session without being prompted
again for your Username and Password. Additionally, when you are signed in to
the website, Yugma will automatically display your summary of your upcoming
Yugma sessions.
Thanks to all of the members of the Yugma community for your great suggestions. We're making Yugma easier to use every day. By the way, we've got many big and little improvements on the way. Keep sending us your suggestions (at forum[at]yugma.com), and stay tuned.
One last
thing: please remember to tell your friends and co-workers about Yugma. You'll
automatically be entered to win this month's "Tell a Friend" sweepstakes for the 80GB iPod.
Yugma hosted the Microsoft/Linux Community "sit down" meeting yesterday, as planned. Leading up to the meeting, we invited Microsoft via post, fax, email and by submitting to their Executive Group center (and I followed up with various phone calls). We also invited many key stakeholders from across the Linux community including the Linux foundation, Free Software Foundation, Linux Journal, Red Hat, Bryan Peters of Show Us the Code movement, and numerous other Linux elitists. We posted blogs, issued a press release to let people know that the meeting was set for today as 12n PT, followed up with reminder emails, and phone calls, and reserved a Yugma online meeting to handle up to 500 attendees. The purpose was to collaboratively work to resolve issues related to the Show Us The Code topic.
AND THEN... we had a very interesting and telling result. What do you think happened??? Can you hear the theme of the movie "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly " playing?
We recorded the meeting and will publish it within the next day or two. I'll follow up with the link.... I think you'll find it to be very interesting...
As announced on April 13, 2007, a meeting has been scheduled with invitations to key stakeholders across the Linux community as well as to Microsoft to discuss the "Show Us The Code" debate. The meeting is design to be a virtual “sit down” on the date of the 5/1/07 deadline. The purpose of the meeting is to have both groups join the live session and present their sides.
Microsoft has repeatedly claimed that Linux violates many of Microsoft's patents. In a public letter to Steven Ballmer, the Show Us The Code movement issued a request for clarification about which patents Microsoft was referring to. Linux community members furthermore requested that individuals “Publicly pledge your support for Microsoft showing the public the code within Linux that violates their intellectual property by May 1st, 2007.“ Through another open letter and invitation to key players and observers, we arranged a forum for each side to address the other. Will Microsoft continue to press their case and ignore the challenge? Or will the issue quietly fizzle out? Let's see what happens on May 1st.
Meeting information follows:
Date/Time: May 1, 2007 at 12:00 Noon Pacific Time
Place: www.yugma.com (click Join Session button)
Teleconference Bridge: +1-218-486-3889
Yugma Session ID: 109-433-046
Agenda:
- Microsoft clarify which patents are being violated
- Key stakeholders from the Linux community can respond
Attendees can attend using either Windows, Mac or Linux computers. Yugma will record the session and make it
available to both parties afterwards for their own distribution.
See you at the meeting!
We just posted the schedule for Stage 2. Check it out at https://www.yugma.com/stage2/.
If you are at the Web 2.0 Expo, stop by booth #322 during the time posted. You can also attend virtually by clicking on “Join a Session” and using the Session ID noted for the presentation.
It's going to be great... "See you there!"
Yugma is reaching out to Linux community and Microsoft for May 1 “Show Us The Code” deadline
[Note inserted on June 3: View youtube video to see what happened at the 5/1/2007 meeting.]
Yesterday, I issued an invitation to both the Show Us The Code and Microsoft communities regarding a virtual “sit down” for the May 1, 2007 deadline. Yugma’s web collaboration software would enable key players from both groups to join a live session and present their sides.
As many of you know, in a letter to Steven Ballmer, the Linux community has requested that individuals “Publicly pledge your support for Microsoft showing the public the code within Linux that violates their intellectual property by May 1st, 2007. “ Through an open invitation to key players and observers, we intend to provide a forum for each side to address the other.
We’ve been watching this movement and wondering what would materialize on May 1 to complete this debate. Since people all over the world may want to participate, we wanted to offer a solution that would work regardless of geographic location and platform. We’re hoping that we can be one of the catalysts to end this question of code ownership.
The full text of the letter follows:
OPEN LETTER TO: Linux Community & Microsoft
My name is Karel Lukas, and I'm the COO at a web collaboration company called Yugma. I've been following the Show Us The Code movement and Microsoft’s position closely, and understand how important this issue is for the future vitality of the Open Source and Linux communities.
As the May 1st deadline approaches, we at Yugma have been wondering what the ultimate conclusion of this debate will be. Will it quietly fizzle out? Will Microsoft continue to press their case and ignore the challenge? As we are approaching the May 1st deadline, we propose that we all collectively drive this debate to a proper conclusion.
Yugma is about to launch our Linux version, which will make our collaboration service interoperable between Linux, Mac, and PC. We think that makes us the perfect platform for hosting a virtual "sit-down" between the Show Us The Code movement and Microsoft on the day of the deadline.
For this event, we are offering to host a live debate between the Show Us The Code group and Microsoft on May 1st. Microsoft can present the alleged offending code live. Leaders from the Linux community can respond. Yugma will record the session and make it available to both parties afterwards for their own distribution. The date, time, and meeting information follows:
Date/Time: May 1, 2007 at 12:00 Noon Pacific Time
Place: www.yugma.com (click Join Session button)
Teleconference Bridge: +1-218-486-3889
Yugma Session ID: 109-433-046
We think Yugma would be a great venue for educating more people (and the Tech press) about the Show Us The Code movement as well as Microsoft’s position. We are in the process of contacting key contacts within both organizations to identify the key participants for the event. Likewise, key contacts from the Linux community and from Microsoft can contact us at showusthecode@yugma.com . We will be exhibiting at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco April 16-18. If any of you will be there, please stop by the Yugma booth and we can discuss in person (booth #322).
