Brian Sullivan: NetMeeting

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NetMeeting, Instant Messaging and VOIP

Real time social media support
A recent Facebook "post" by voip pundit Jeff Pulver on "real time" social media got me thinking about what what be an extremely useful Facebook app- a Skype app that would set up either ad hoc or scheduled conference calls. Skype already has a multiperson audio/video ...
Skype outage cause clarified
It is heartening to see the Skype response to the deafening roar from the anti Microsoft crowd saying Microsoft somehow caused the Skype outage: It's not what you say. It's what they hear...We don't blame anyone but ourselves. The Microsoft Update patches were merel ...
Skype problems
Hmm -- it seems like Skype has gone tits up. The client is in a continual "Skype (connecting)" state and has been for an hour or so. From the Skype status page : UPDATED 14:02 GMT: Some of you may be having problems logging into Skype. Our engineering team has deter ...
Skype
Last year I commented (well maybe I whined?) about the lack of progress in the real time conferencing on the Internet front. I hadn't really been paying much attention but lately I have been looking into the add-ins available for Skype. It seems that Skype's ubiquity ...
Visitalk.com ghost
In 1999 (I think that that is the timing) I was invited to go to Phoenix (on their dime) to visit a company (visitalk.com) with grand plans to build a "internet phone directory" mostly aimed at NetMeeting users. At the time I had some standing in the NetMeeting world ...
Digital Meeting on the Internet
I have been involved with NetMeeting for so long that I have turned grey in the process. And NetMeeting has gotten old and grey in the process as well. Microsoft's decision to retire NetMeeting (after basically abandoning development in 1999) is no doubt the right dec ...
H.323 is dead
Of this there can be no doubt . It really isn't "news" though. It essentially has been in a state of limbo since 1999 -- when the last update for NetMeeting was released by Microsoft (and the revelation that there will be no NetMeeting in Vista is no suprise). Shortly ...
Skype 2.0 10 way conferencing
Saw this about Skype 2.0 supporting 10 way audio conferencing! Wow!
NetMeeting status
A posting from Microsoft on the status of NetMeeting.
Festoon looks interesting
This appeared this morning. Festoon looks like a product that has a chance to catch on. It seems simple, straightforward to use, apparently supports multiparty audio/video (and one to many with up to 200 viewers), and has an application and desktop sharing feature. I ...
Skype, Msn Messenger, Vonage killer
This caught my eye: '(www.verso.com ) announced the rollout of a "carrier-grade applications filter" that can block so-called bandwidth drains such as Skype, P2P messaging, streaming media, and instant messaging. ' This could prove nasty for Ebay in its Skype purch ...
Ebay buys Skype
It seems that the rumours have been true . Ebay is buying Skype. Various reports have put the purchase price around $4.1 billion. The question is why and why so much? Various reasons have been bandied about - is there some synergy? Live auctions? Communications betwe ...
Google Talk
So Google has introduced a new instant messenger program/service (along the lines of a greatly simplified MSN Messenger). It has direct links to the Gmail system (much like Messenger's Hotmail links) and has basic IM and voice features. I don't really see anything com ...
NetMeeting persistent it seems
Interesting study on web conferencing trends. According to this study NetMeeting is still the leader in that space.
EoIP
Apparently VoIP is pass . The new acronym used by those in the know is EoIP -- Everything over IP. I guess it was inevitable.
Microsoft planning VoIP softphone for Longhorn
" Microsoft planning VoIP softphone? Here’s why it makes sense by ZDNet 's Russell Shaw -- I don't have any knowledge that they are, but I am beginning to think it could happen.The Seattle Times reports that during a morning keynote today at WinHEC (Windows Hardw ...
Msn Messenger VOIP quality
I had a chance to participate in an audio/video call last night using the new Msn Messenger (7.0 released 2 days ago). Though I used be quite active in this area (using NetMeeting mind you) I haven't actually used this kind of technology for a long time. I don't know ...
Microsoft Grooving?
Microsoft to buy Groove Networks -- and Ray Ozzie to become Microsoft CTO? This sounds too weird to be true but seems legitimate. Other news outlets are reporting the same news. The Groove website and Microsoft website have the same story. What will become of Gates ...
Messenger Confusion lessening?
It seems that Microsoft is finally doing something about the Msn/Windows Messenger confusion (who would think to have two similar products with the same name except Microsoft -- for all their supposed marketing prowess they seem to make some really bonehead moves). M ...
Messenger Confusion growing?
More audio/video confusion in Messenger? It seems that the Logitech webcam feature will be expanded soon in Msn Messenger 7.0 to include audio and cause yet more confusion.
Microsoft AntiSpyware
I downloaded , installed and am currently running Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta (the one they acquired via Giant Software ). The installation and function seems to be straightforward. Running it on my system however detected a "Spyware" threat -- RealVNC(which I legitma ...
Stuff I am looking at now
These are some sites of products I am currently looking at: Asterisk -- an open source PBX(and everything else telephonic) E-lect -- an open source Plone SCORM LMS Thinking Cap -- an XML eLearning authoring and delivery system
Constantinople?
"Istanbul will replace Windows Messenger as the preferred client for Live Communications Server, though Windows Messenger will continue to be included within the Windows operating system, Microsoft officials said. " [link] More confusion from the folks that brought y ...
QoS Packet Scheduler
It seems the QoS Packet Scheduler is installed and selected by default for network interfaces in both XP, XP SP1 and XP SP2. In some systems it seems to cause strange things to happen with NetMeeting (and MSN/Windows Messenger) audio/video. Symptoms like not transmitt ...
Web Train
I notice via Scobleizer that Zane Thomas is now somehow connected to Web Train . I will have to check it out. Looks like(at first blush anway) a Webex, LiveMeeting type tool. I am not sure what differentiates it in that field. It seems like this type of tool/service ...

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