Hello Everyone,
Greetings. :)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:04:58 -0500
From: mspevack(a)redhat.com
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, Scott Dowdle wrote:
> MY MAIN POINT IN SENDING THIS EMAIL IS... how many enjoyed it and
> would like to use it for Fedora?
>
> My only regret though is that the event was outsourced to
>
virtualevents365.com (this was my first use of their service) and that
> it, I assume, is a closed service/product... and based strongly on
> Flash.. If there were unresolved concerns about using
>
virtualevents365.com for a Fedora virtual conference, maybe Fedora
> could setup up a DimDim server (
http://www.dimdim.com/) as an almost
> suitable substitute that is much more open/free?!?
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Dimdim Free
Now the world can meet freely
with up to 20 people,
absolutely free.
http://www.dimdim.com/products/dimdim_editions_free.html
For proof of concept with 20 people, sounds feasible. :)
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Dimdim Pro
Save time & money while
enjoying unlimited meetings
and pro features with 50
people.
Only $19 per month.
My sidenote, that is per user per month...50 users equals $11,400 for one year, there is a
graph on the left at this URL -
http://www.dimdim.com/products/dimdim_editions_pro.html
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"...Dimdim Enterprise is used by the following fine organizations:
* Novell
* Dell
* Red Hat
* Amazon
* Ohio State University
* University of Pennsylvania
* FreeConference
* Duke..."
Possibly there is an existing Enterprise in place which may be tapped into?
Above data is from sidenote on lower left of this URL -
http://www.dimdim.com/products/dimdim_editions_enterprise.html
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The things that are actionable here are:
(1) Figure out if DimDim is in a state where we could successfully use
it to try out a Fedora-like virtual event.
(2) Depending on the answer, do one or more of the following:
* Put together an event in DimDim, just because it would be interesting.
Anyone care to volunteer to look into this?
* Work on making DimDim better upstream.
* Put together a virtual event on IRC. We already know that Fedora Classroom is a
successful virtual education model. We did an online FUDCon a few years ago, and I think
we've learned a lot since then that would make for a good event, especially if it was
one day with a strong focus, etc.
Most excellent actionable things indeed. :v)
Please have a great day and an enjoyable weekend! :~)
Thank You
Sincerely
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- David -
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David Ramsey
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