Comments on: Dimdim Gets $6 Million For Open Sourced Web Meetings http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:52:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dimdim Exits Beta With New SynchroLive Platform, Releases Source Code (Get Your Free Pro Accounts Here) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2554581 Dimdim Exits Beta With New SynchroLive Platform, Releases Source Code (Get Your Free Pro Accounts Here) Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:39:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2554581 [...] , who boasts about being used by more than a million people worldwide, raised $6 million in a Series B funding round led by Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards over [...] [...] , who boasts about being used by more than a million people worldwide, raised $6 million in a Series B funding round led by Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards over [...]

]]> By: The OPLIN 4cast » Blog Archive » OPLIN 4Cast http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2525044 The OPLIN 4cast » Blog Archive » OPLIN 4Cast Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:02:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2525044 [...] Dimdim Gets $6 Million For Open Sourced Web Meetings [...] [...] Dimdim Gets $6 Million For Open Sourced Web Meetings [...]

]]> By: Jeff http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2435515 Jeff Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:39:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2435515 Well, DimDim still requires Flash for basic meeting features. For a true Web 2.0 solution, check out http://www.iomeeting.com. IOMeeting supports chat, document sharing (ppt, doc, pdf, etc.) without requiring Flash, Java or browser plugin... Well, DimDim still requires Flash for basic meeting features. For a true Web 2.0 solution, check out http://www.iomeeting.com. IOMeeting supports chat, document sharing (ppt, doc, pdf, etc.) without requiring Flash, Java or browser plugin…

]]> By: Suresh Lakshmanan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2415573 Suresh Lakshmanan Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:25:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2415573 yep...fabulous software piece they have made!! quite amazing!! suresh http://applicationsdba.blogspot.com yep…fabulous software piece they have made!!
quite amazing!!

suresh
http://applicationsdba.blogspot.com

]]> By: Nic http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2411489 Nic Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:21:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2411489 For platform independent meetings on PC (including Linux) and Macs, spreed is simply the best system on the market. I have been testing a number of web meeting services. The only free web meeting service which I can recommend is spreed (http://www.spreed.com). spreed works on Linux (which I use), OS X and Windows with video, audio and screen sharing. spreed supports as the only web meeting service I have been working with, the open document formats PDF and OpenOffice.org. The more advanced features (which I have not seen with other offerings) are scalable vector presentation and loss-less screen sharing which is great if not essential for architects and builders. As a pro user you may miss telephone conferencing with the free services. Not with spreed. spreed has integrated telephone conferencing (I think they call it “Unified Conferencing”). I got a free US$ 5 telephone voucher when I created the account which is good for 8 hours phone calls in most countries of the world (1ct per minute). I can really recommend to check the service out online on http://www.spreed.com For platform independent meetings on PC (including Linux) and Macs, spreed is simply the best system on the market. I have been testing a number of web meeting services. The only free web meeting service which I can recommend is spreed (http://www.spreed.com). spreed works on Linux (which I use), OS X and Windows with video, audio and screen sharing. spreed supports as the only web meeting service I have been working with, the open document formats PDF and OpenOffice.org. The more advanced features (which I have not seen with other offerings) are scalable vector presentation and loss-less screen sharing which is great if not essential for architects and builders. As a pro user you may miss telephone conferencing with the free services. Not with spreed. spreed has integrated telephone conferencing (I think they call it “Unified Conferencing”). I got a free US$ 5 telephone voucher when I created the account which is good for 8 hours phone calls in most countries of the world (1ct per minute). I can really recommend to check the service out online on http://www.spreed.com

]]> By: Larry Sokolic http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2411225 Larry Sokolic Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:57:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2411225 Congratulations to Dim Dim for raising the money, and they seem to have a nice product. However, there are quite a few other products which are free, based on open source and EASIER to use. Check out http://showmypc.com for example. Works on PCs and Mac (and viewer for Linux too). Congratulations to Dim Dim for raising the money, and they seem to have a nice product. However, there are quite a few other products which are free, based on open source and EASIER to use. Check out http://showmypc.com for example. Works on PCs and Mac (and viewer for Linux too).

]]> By: Tanja http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2406502 Tanja Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:04:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2406502 I am using spreed.com. It works great on my Mac. OS X screen sharing is supported and it has built-in telephone conferencing. It's free too! Try it out on http://www.spreed.com I am using spreed.com. It works great on my Mac. OS X screen sharing is supported and it has built-in telephone conferencing. It’s free too! Try it out on http://www.spreed.com

]]> By: Jurjan Huisman http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2404641 Jurjan Huisman Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:41:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2404641 Steve, Thanks for your reply. Steve, Thanks for your reply.

]]> By: Steve Chazin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2404483 Steve Chazin Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:58:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2404483 Jurjan, Dimdim works great on Mac today (I do all my Dimdim webinars on my MacBook Pro) The only feature that is missing today is Mac Desktop Sharing and that feature is coming for Mac in less than 2 weeks! Jurjan, Dimdim works great on Mac today (I do all my Dimdim webinars on my MacBook Pro) The only feature that is missing today is Mac Desktop Sharing and that feature is coming for Mac in less than 2 weeks!

]]> By: Madhavan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2404468 Madhavan Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:46:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2404468 Would be nice if you could tell us what this means in the world of WebEx and NetMeeting! Would be nice if you could tell us what this means in the world of WebEx and NetMeeting!

]]> By: Neil Kay-Jones http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2404330 Neil Kay-Jones Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:22:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2404330 Hi Dodgy, Do you mean Dimdim or Yuuguu when you say dodgy reputation regarding openess? I would be very interested in which statements you are regarding to as dodgy or rather false and i guess so would the people taking part in this post. Please reply with some clarification as to what it is that is dodgy. Look forward to hearing from you, Neil Online Support Manager - Yuuguu Hi Dodgy,

Do you mean Dimdim or Yuuguu when you say dodgy reputation regarding openess?

I would be very interested in which statements you are regarding to as dodgy or rather false and i guess so would the people taking part in this post.

Please reply with some clarification as to what it is that is dodgy.

Look forward to hearing from you,

Neil

Online Support Manager - Yuuguu

]]> By: Jurjan Huisman http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2404269 Jurjan Huisman Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:25:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2404269 @Steve Chazin: Can you give a rough prediction on when you will be ready for Mac? We might be interested in using Dimdim with our company. Kind regards, Jurjan @Steve Chazin: Can you give a rough prediction on when you will be ready for Mac? We might be interested in using Dimdim with our company.

Kind regards,

Jurjan

]]> By: dodgy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2404209 dodgy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:18:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2404209 They have a dodgy reputation about their openess. They have a dodgy reputation about their openess.

]]> By: Neil Kay-Jones http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2403534 Neil Kay-Jones Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:39:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2403534 If you specifically have a question about Yuuguu then you can visit our help service here… http://www.yuuguu.com/help Regards, Neil Online support Manager - Yuuguu If you specifically have a question about Yuuguu then you can visit our help service here…

http://www.yuuguu.com/help

Regards,

Neil

Online support Manager - Yuuguu

]]> By: Neil Kay-Jones http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2403528 Neil Kay-Jones Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:37:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2403528 Hi ZM, Steve, It' Neil here (Online support Manager - Yuuguu) Steve: Well done on raising all that money as it will be great to see what you guys do with it. ZM; Thanks for the support of the Yuuguu service. We aim to make it as simple as possible to hold online meetings, share your screen and work collaboratively on documents over the web. The great thing about Yuuguu is that although you download a tiny app to run on your desktop, your participants in your meeting do not have to. You can simply share your screen which is seen through a browser window. We call this "web share" at the moment. We would be really interested to hear from people who have ideas on what they would really like from Yuuguu. Visit the help section of our site and log your ideas in our people powered customer service area provided by www.getsatisfaction.com I look forward to hearing from you all, kind regards, Neil Hi ZM, Steve,

It’ Neil here (Online support Manager - Yuuguu)

Steve: Well done on raising all that money as it will be great to see what you guys do with it.

ZM; Thanks for the support of the Yuuguu service. We aim to make it as simple as possible to hold online meetings, share your screen and work collaboratively on documents over the web. The great thing about Yuuguu is that although you download a tiny app to run on your desktop, your participants in your meeting do not have to. You can simply share your screen which is seen through a browser window. We call this “web share” at the moment.

We would be really interested to hear from people who have ideas on what they would really like from Yuuguu. Visit the help section of our site and log your ideas in our people powered customer service area provided by http://www.getsatisfaction.com

I look forward to hearing from you all, kind regards,

Neil

]]> By: Jay http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2403240 Jay Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:51:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2403240 What a bloody design rip-off of the Apple website? Didn't anyone else spot that? What a bloody design rip-off of the Apple website? Didn’t anyone else spot that?

]]> By: Kyle Else http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2403230 Kyle Else Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:43:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2403230 They might think about using Red5 instead of Adobe Flash Server. They might think about using Red5 instead of Adobe Flash Server.

]]> By: Andy Gongea http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2403214 Andy Gongea Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:34:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2403214 This is a very good service. I was surprised in a good way with Dimdim's features. And yes, the name sounds strange but it is really catchy. Kudos for their product and good luck with using the money This is a very good service. I was surprised in a good way with Dimdim’s features. And yes, the name sounds strange but it is really catchy.

Kudos for their product and good luck with using the money

]]> By: Steve Chazin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2403190 Steve Chazin Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:08:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2403190 zm, let me know if you are interested in beta testing Dimdim 4.0 for Mac. We're almost ready to release but we could use good testers. Just read this http://dimdim.typepad.com/dimdim_blog/2008/06/calling-mac-use.html zm, let me know if you are interested in beta testing Dimdim 4.0 for Mac. We’re almost ready to release but we could use good testers. Just read this http://dimdim.typepad.com/dimd.....c-use.html

]]> By: Frank Church http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2403186 Frank Church Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:03:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2403186 Actually zm, a browser plugin doesn't require me to login as Admin, while an exe does. Big difference in an office setting. Actually zm, a browser plugin doesn’t require me to login as Admin, while an exe does. Big difference in an office setting.

]]> By: zm http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2403185 zm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:59:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2403185 @Steve: Yuuguu does require a desktop app to broadcast, but thats not much different than a browser plugin. As a presenter, I'm totally fine with downloading an app, as long as it works seamlessly for my attendees. I look forward to your next release. But in the mac world, I think Yuuguu has you beat at the moment. @Steve: Yuuguu does require a desktop app to broadcast, but thats not much different than a browser plugin. As a presenter, I’m totally fine with downloading an app, as long as it works seamlessly for my attendees.

I look forward to your next release. But in the mac world, I think Yuuguu has you beat at the moment.

]]> By: Jimmy Bones http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2403177 Jimmy Bones Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:51:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2403177 This is going to be a sweet discussion. I look forward to watching it live on the web, if its offered. Whoever wins this mobile platform war will be the next Microsoft as they were to the desktop OS, but for the mobile phone. Mobile will become the most valuable internet entity within the next 5-6 years, surpassing desktop based computing and surfing.... www.readtheanswer.com/index.php?RTA=web2 This is going to be a sweet discussion. I look forward to watching it live on the web, if its offered. Whoever wins this mobile platform war will be the next Microsoft as they were to the desktop OS, but for the mobile phone. Mobile will become the most valuable internet entity within the next 5-6 years, surpassing desktop based computing and surfing…. http://www.readtheanswer.com/index.php?RTA=web2

]]> By: http://www.meetingflex.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2403128 http://www.meetingflex.com Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:17:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2403128 Somebody suggest them to make the plugin using a signed java applet...then they can work on all platforms..and not just windows.. inspite of such a huge drawback..the vcs are pumping money into them...amazing. where has common-sense gone.. http://www.meetingflex.com Free Web Meeting Somebody suggest them to make the plugin using a signed java applet…then they can work on all platforms..and not just windows..

inspite of such a huge drawback..the vcs are pumping money into them…amazing.

where has common-sense gone..

http://www.meetingflex.com
Free Web Meeting

]]> By: Steve Chazin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2403090 Steve Chazin Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:44:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2403090 zm, the tiny plug-in is required ONLY to share desktop. You can do everything else, including multi-way audio/video broadcast, PPT/PDF sharing, chat, whiteboard etc with no plug-in at all. And our next release will add Mac screensharing, recording, multiple presenters, private meetings and more... BTW, Yuuguu requires a desktop app... zm, the tiny plug-in is required ONLY to share desktop. You can do everything else, including multi-way audio/video broadcast, PPT/PDF sharing, chat, whiteboard etc with no plug-in at all. And our next release will add Mac screensharing, recording, multiple presenters, private meetings and more…

BTW, Yuuguu requires a desktop app…

]]> By: Chris Crosby » DimDim gets $6M http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/#comment-2403080 Chris Crosby » DimDim gets $6M Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:37:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=19764#comment-2403080 [...] big cheers to one of my favorite start-ups, DimDim (see blog post here). They just raised $6M in capital. Nice work guys. It demonstrates what’s possible if you come to market with a [...] [...] big cheers to one of my favorite start-ups, DimDim (see blog post here). They just raised $6M in capital. Nice work guys. It demonstrates what’s possible if you come to market with a [...]

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