Comments on: Microsoft Office Roundtable v. Polycom http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:24:03 -0800 hourly 1 By: videoconferencing equipments http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-2555849 videoconferencing equipments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:58:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-2555849 This is the greatest post I have come across so far.I am really pleased to post my comment on this blog .I love your blog by the way, I am gonna have to add you to my list of watched blogs .Thank you for this very useful information. stored it.Thanks again and keep up the good work. This is the greatest post I have come across so far.I am really pleased to post my comment on this blog .I love your blog by the way, I am gonna have to add you to my list of watched blogs .Thank you for this very useful information. stored it.Thanks again and keep up the good work.

]]> By: Karib Corner-Blog Reports » Blog Archive » Microsoft Office Roundtable v. Polycom http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-1502673 Karib Corner-Blog Reports » Blog Archive » Microsoft Office Roundtable v. Polycom Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:33:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-1502673 [...] Office Roundtable v. Polycom October 23rd, 2006 Microsoft Office Roundtable v. PolycomMicrosoft is releasing a new hardware device, called Microsoft Office Roundtable, in mid 2007. It [...] [...] Office Roundtable v. Polycom October 23rd, 2006 Microsoft Office Roundtable v. PolycomMicrosoft is releasing a new hardware device, called Microsoft Office Roundtable, in mid 2007. It [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch en français » Recap2.0: les autres billets de la semaine de TechCrunch.com (21/28 oct. 06) http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-309679 TechCrunch en français » Recap2.0: les autres billets de la semaine de TechCrunch.com (21/28 oct. 06) Sat, 28 Oct 2006 08:17:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-309679 [...] Vidéoconférence : Microsoft Office Roundtable contre Polycom. Lire le billet ici [...] [...] Vidéoconférence : Microsoft Office Roundtable contre Polycom. Lire le billet ici [...]

]]> By: dailywireless.org » Blog Archive » Cisco Telepresence http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-309596 dailywireless.org » Blog Archive » Cisco Telepresence Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:45:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-309596 [...] Microsoft’s Office RoundTable is about 100 times cheaper. It provide a view of remote participants seated around a circular table and will cost around $3000 when it’s available in mid 2007. [...] [...] Microsoft’s Office RoundTable is about 100 times cheaper. It provide a view of remote participants seated around a circular table and will cost around $3000 when it’s available in mid 2007. [...]

]]> By: Embracing Chaos http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-303558 Embracing Chaos Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:57:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-303558 <strong>Google vs. Microsoft: MS Retreats to Hardware...</strong> A couple of recent product announcements out of Redmond have me thinking about the current big struggle in the software industry: GOOG vs MSFT. Frankly, GOOG is eating MSFT's lunch on the consumer software front. But MSFT still dominates in... Google vs. Microsoft: MS Retreats to Hardware…

A couple of recent product announcements out of Redmond have me thinking about the current big struggle in the software industry: GOOG vs MSFT. Frankly, GOOG is eating MSFT’s lunch on the consumer software front. But MSFT still dominates in…

]]> By: alanp http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-300174 alanp Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:38:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-300174 Guys, you have to think out of the VideoCon box here. I was at a presentation yesterday on <a href="http://www.broadstuff.com/archives/37-My-2nd-Life-on-Web-3.D.html" rel="nofollow">2nd Life</a> where an IBM guy said they were doing virtual Videocons on 2nd Life, and an amazing result was that the avatars were hanging around for water cooler conversations afterwards, which you don't get in a Videocon Oh, and Frank....I was messing about with Citrix 10 years ago and ASP's 5 years ago. Fat, cheap broadband changes a *lot* of accepted corporate norms. Guys, you have to think out of the VideoCon box here.

I was at a presentation yesterday on 2nd Life where an IBM guy said they were doing virtual Videocons on 2nd Life, and an amazing result was that the avatars were hanging around for water cooler conversations afterwards, which you don’t get in a Videocon

Oh, and Frank….I was messing about with Citrix 10 years ago and ASP’s 5 years ago. Fat, cheap broadband changes a *lot* of accepted corporate norms.

]]> By: Frank Cefalu http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-294055 Frank Cefalu Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:11:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-294055 km4 That is the dumbest comment I've heard. You never been in a corporate office have you? Corporate Office Meetings YOUR ALREADY POSING and SHOWING! No one is there in shorts and picking their asses. Damn man. Go troll some other product. Your comments have no base. Join alanp on Skype. @alanp 14, there is reason for specialized products as they have a footing and a real need. Cheap free services will not do. You evidently don't know the advantages of windows enterprise server, and a office interlinked with citrix. Maybe we should also start getting payed 20,000 max pay as developers in India do. This is silly Alan. Because you cannot see yourself using this product doesnt make it absolete. Instead think who may use this. Is there a market for this? Yes, absolutely!. I can name 30 products off the top of my head by IBM that are higher cost than this and are bought quite regularly. Fact of the matter is that these comments are made out of ignorance with no basis. km4 That is the dumbest comment I’ve heard. You never been in a corporate office have you? Corporate Office Meetings YOUR ALREADY POSING and SHOWING! No one is there in shorts and picking their asses. Damn man. Go troll some other product. Your comments have no base. Join alanp on Skype.

@alanp 14, there is reason for specialized products as they have a footing and a real need. Cheap free services will not do. You evidently don’t know the advantages of windows enterprise server, and a office interlinked with citrix. Maybe we should also start getting payed 20,000 max pay as developers in India do. This is silly Alan. Because you cannot see yourself using this product doesnt make it absolete. Instead think who may use this. Is there a market for this? Yes, absolutely!. I can name 30 products off the top of my head by IBM that are higher cost than this and are bought quite regularly.

Fact of the matter is that these comments are made out of ignorance with no basis.

]]> By: alanp http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-293200 alanp Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:23:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-293200 @eas ...I was being tongue in cheek above, but with a serious message. Its all on the post in my blog (link in the post above) but in essence the 80/20 of webcon is fairly mundane small team meeting stuff - so why not do Web conf as a Web service using a "free ride" on existing gear rather than invest in a lot of specialised stuff? @eas

…I was being tongue in cheek above, but with a serious message. Its all on the post in my blog (link in the post above) but in essence the 80/20 of webcon is fairly mundane small team meeting stuff – so why not do Web conf as a Web service using a “free ride” on existing gear rather than invest in a lot of specialised stuff?

]]> By: eas http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-292900 eas Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:30:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-292900 km4, people can't always be in the same room, and a phone call doesn't always do the job, especially if its a conference call where most of the participants are in a room together, but one or two people are remote. Giving the remote participants a better way to keep track of who is saying what, and to whom, is likely to increace the value of remote conferencing. Perhaps there will be more grandstanding, but I kind of doubt it, especially if the remote participants can see that everyone in the room is shaking their heads in disgust while the monologue unwinds. km4, people can’t always be in the same room, and a phone call doesn’t always do the job, especially if its a conference call where most of the participants are in a room together, but one or two people are remote. Giving the remote participants a better way to keep track of who is saying what, and to whom, is likely to increace the value of remote conferencing.

Perhaps there will be more grandstanding, but I kind of doubt it, especially if the remote participants can see that everyone in the room is shaking their heads in disgust while the monologue unwinds.

]]> By: km4 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-292279 km4 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:58:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-292279 correction: Now with “360-degree... correction: Now with “360-degree…

]]> By: km4 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-292274 km4 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:57:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-292274 First the REAL value of videoconferencing is questionable sorta like having meetings without a real purpose or agenda.. How with “360-degree, panoramic video of side-by-side images of everyone who taking part in the conference,” there's more cause for 'posing and showing' with less REAL work getting done. Finally the best meetings are usually 1 on 1 or very few people in attendance. Do you really need Microsoft Office Roundtable for this ? No ! First the REAL value of videoconferencing is questionable sorta like having meetings without a real purpose or agenda..

How with “360-degree, panoramic video of side-by-side images of everyone who taking part in the conference,” there’s more cause for ‘posing and showing’ with less REAL work getting done.

Finally the best meetings are usually 1 on 1 or very few people in attendance.

Do you really need Microsoft Office Roundtable for this ?

No !

]]> By: eas http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-292006 eas Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:46:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-292006 I helped champion the first round of internal funding to get ringcam out of research and on track to become a commercial product, what, 4 years ago. I'll be interested to see what the shipping product is like. Somehow, I suspect all my favorite features will have been cut. AlanP, a $30 webcam + "some smart mashup work," really? I kinda doubt it. I helped champion the first round of internal funding to get ringcam out of research and on track to become a commercial product, what, 4 years ago. I’ll be interested to see what the shipping product is like. Somehow, I suspect all my favorite features will have been cut.

AlanP, a $30 webcam + “some smart mashup work,” really? I kinda doubt it.

]]> By: alanp http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-291551 alanp Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:47:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-291551 Hmmm...mid 2007 for $3000 eh? Alternatively, Webcam $30 + a bit of smart mashup work and a webservice.....VideoSkype for Biz anyone? You read it <a href="http://broadstuff.com/archives/35-VideoSkype.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> first. ;) Hmmm…mid 2007 for $3000 eh?

Alternatively, Webcam $30 + a bit of smart mashup work and a webservice…..VideoSkype for Biz anyone?

You read it here first. ;)

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 「Microsoft Office Roundtable」 vs Polycom http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-290966 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 「Microsoft Office Roundtable」 vs Polycom Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:42:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-290966 [...] [原文へ] Microsoft [...] [...] [原文へ] Microsoft [...]

]]> By: Gotta Wonder http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-290838 Gotta Wonder Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:27:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-290838 Where have you guys been? First saw Roundtable on this post way back in June. See the demo of the camera here: http://www.humanproductivitylab.com/archive_blogs/2006/06/27/microsoft_announces_roundtable.php Where have you guys been? First saw Roundtable on this post way back in June.

See the demo of the camera here: http://www.huma..._roundtable.php

]]> By: Amit http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-290626 Amit Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:54:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-290626 Polycom has a strong resale deal with Cisco, so I don't see much of a threat. Most likely, Polycom has something in the works too. Polycom has a strong resale deal with Cisco, so I don’t see much of a threat. Most likely, Polycom has something in the works too.

]]> By: Search Engines WEB http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-290442 Search Engines WEB Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:42:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-290442 __________________________________________________ As this technology becomes more Hi tech, it will revolutionize instant global business communication - (but bad news for the airline and hotel industry :-( ) Later on , it will become the latest plaything of young geeks, .....then, an innovative Web 2.0 firm will attempt to develop an online MySpace killer. Then in about a decade- ultimately - it will become 3D. :-) The challange that microsoft is working on that will differentiate this from other technologies is the attempt to relate non-verbal communication, and the reflective vs. non-reflective sound and of course integration with Microsoft softwares. But be absolutely certain that Google will introduce a service as software version in about one year. __________________________________________________

As this technology becomes more Hi tech, it will revolutionize instant global business communication – (but bad news for the airline and hotel industry :-( )

Later on , it will become the latest plaything of young geeks, …..then, an innovative Web 2.0 firm will attempt to develop an online MySpace killer.

Then in about a decade- ultimately – it will become 3D. :-)

The challange that microsoft is working on that will differentiate this from other technologies is the attempt to relate non-verbal communication, and the reflective vs. non-reflective sound and of course integration with Microsoft softwares.

But be absolutely certain that Google will introduce a service as software version in about one year.

]]> By: fear uncertainty doubt generation engine » Blog Archive » Microsoft Office Roundtable and Polycom http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-290441 fear uncertainty doubt generation engine » Blog Archive » Microsoft Office Roundtable and Polycom Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:42:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-290441 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Phil Gerbyshak http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-290329 Phil Gerbyshak Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:58:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-290329 Awesome tool. This is the first I've seen of it. I think this would be a great tool for virtual coaches too. Awesome tool. This is the first I’ve seen of it. I think this would be a great tool for virtual coaches too.

]]> By: Mari http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-290259 Mari Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:22:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-290259 There's another company called Be Here that's doing something similar with its product TotalView. TotalView launched at DEMOfall last month and purports to be cheaper than Microsoft's solution. You can see Rafe Needlman's introduction at DEMO at: http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6121527.htm?tag=ne.video.6120357 There’s another company called Be Here that’s doing something similar with its product TotalView. TotalView launched at DEMOfall last month and purports to be cheaper than Microsoft’s solution. You can see Rafe Needlman’s introduction at DEMO at:
http://news.com...e.video.6120357

]]> By: Dexter Zafra http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-290235 Dexter Zafra Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:04:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-290235 This stuff integrates alot of their currently existing technologies. I cant imagine what the administration overhead will be with all of this integration. Very cool stuff! This stuff integrates alot of their currently existing technologies. I cant imagine what the administration overhead will be with all of this integration. Very cool stuff!

]]> By: wayne lambright http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-290100 wayne lambright Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:58:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-290100 Wow, this is totaly cool. If they need beta testers put me on the list :-) Wow, this is totaly cool. If they need beta testers put me on the list :-)

]]> By: coolnalu http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/comment-page-1/#comment-290099 coolnalu Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:58:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/22/microsoft-office-roundtable-v-polycom/#comment-290099 Ah...I sit in the corner on purpose, why do you pull me to the front? How would it be displayed on the other side though? They need 360 degree surrounding screen too? Ah…I sit in the corner on purpose, why do you pull me to the front?

How would it be displayed on the other side though? They need 360 degree surrounding screen too?

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