Re: [tm-pubsubj] Draft IRC meeting rules

[Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie>]

mpriestl@ca.ibm.com wrote:
> Would a Sametime web conference do the trick? It's browser-based (a Java
> applet), and screens only get shared if a user chooses explicitly to do so.
> 
> I can set up a test conference if folks are interested - it usually takes a
> bit of time the first use (downloading the applet), but I've had people
> both inside and outside IBM, with various company firewalls involved, use
> it with no problems.
> 
> It's pretty straightforward for me to set up, and no cost. Its chat
> function is pretty much the same as IRC, I believe.

I've heard about systems like this. It sounds like it might be better
than IRC, which can be very sluggish at times). My only reservation is
that most of these systems tend to be MSIE-only, and I don't have any
Windows boxes.

///Peter