I just found out that you can do multiparty conferencing
with the vistium system, provided you have a video bridge
that costs, i forget, how many thousands of dollars?
I heard $60K but that seems outrageous.
by the way, haven't you found the video via mbone
just a tad bit slower than CU-SeeMe?
The mbone is pretty great as well, but the unix requirement
(has anyone found a way around it) and the necessity to
install the multicasting kernal upgrades, etc., make it
far less accessible than CU-SeeMe.
My point is, the CU-SeeMe developers goal was to create
a widely accessible, inexpensive (hardware and software),
video conferencing system. I think we can all agree,
otherwise i don't know why we're on this list, that
they've done a pretty wonderful job.
Thank you and good night.
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On Tue, 27 Jun 1995, Rodney M. Dyer wrote:
> >NOTHING out there "puts CU-SeeMe to shame". None of the
> >other packages, and I've seen many, can do FREE
> >MULTIPARTY CONFERENCING. In point to point connections
> >the others excell. But CU-SeeMe kicks all their butts
> >when it comes to bringing several people together.
>
> Uh...Ever heard of MBONE???
>
> Rodney
>
> Rodney M. Dyer
> PC Network Administrator
> College of Engineering
> University of North Carolina at Charlotte
> Email: rmdyer@uncc.edu
> Phone: (704)547-3154