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Re: Let's build a webinar tool that doesn't suck

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Post by selvan » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 12:02 PM UTC

Here is similar one : Big Blue Button (http://bigbluebutton.org/) is an open source web conferencing system for distance education.

Re: Let's build a webinar tool that doesn't suck

#12

Post by lukedjn » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 12:04 PM UTC

It's redirecting me to the German version (http://survey.getgrasp.io/de), not a great way to welcome traffic from The Netherlands... :)

Re: Let's build a webinar tool that doesn't suck

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Post by ekle » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 12:05 PM UTC

selvan wrote: post #11

Here is similar one : Big Blue Button ( http://bigbluebutton.org/ ) is an open source web conferencing system for distance education.

Tried it ?

Re: Let's build a webinar tool that doesn't suck

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Post by fvryan » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 12:09 PM UTC

alex_ka wrote: post #9

szimpl wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you be able to offer something cheaper?

We will definitely be cheaper. We are also thinking about a freemium and revenue share model. What do you think?

Startups perform best when they focus on making money in one specific way. The model you choose should be based on the economics of the software, for example how much it costs to support additional users.

Re: Let's build a webinar tool that doesn't suck

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Post by selvan » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 12:14 PM UTC

ekle wrote: post #13

selvan wrote: post #11

Here is similar one : Big Blue Button ( http://bigbluebutton.org/ ) is an open source web conferencing system for distance education.

Tried it ?

Tried their demo setup, few months ago (around the time when they graduated from Mozilla WebFWD). Keen to try out getgrasp.

Re: Let's build a webinar tool that doesn't suck

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Post by TilmanGriesel » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 12:17 PM UTC

lukedjn wrote: post #12

It's redirecting me to the German version ( http://survey.getgrasp.io/de ), not a great way to welcome traffic from The Netherlands... :)

It redirects you depending on your browser language... Maybe a bug! Here is the en version: http://survey.getgrasp.io/en

Re: Let's build a webinar tool that doesn't suck

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 12:32 PM UTC

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Re: Let's build a webinar tool that doesn't suck

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Post by Argorak » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 12:41 PM UTC

selvan wrote: post #11

Here is similar one : Big Blue Button ( http://bigbluebutton.org/ ) is an open source web conferencing system for distance education.

Ever had a close look at it? It is pretty much a mess tied together with duct tape. I've been sifting through it for a month and finally decided that you cannot use it to build a product on top of that.

Re: Let's build a webinar tool that doesn't suck

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Post by jblok » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 12:43 PM UTC

Tells me basically nothing about the product. Wants email address.

I see this trend far too often.

Re: Let's build a webinar tool that doesn't suck

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Post by moondowner » Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 12:56 PM UTC

TilmanGriesel wrote: post #16

lukedjn wrote: post #12

It's redirecting me to the German version ( http://survey.getgrasp.io/de ), not a great way to welcome traffic from The Netherlands... :)

It redirects you depending on your browser language... Maybe a bug! Here is the en version: http://survey.getgrasp.io/en

Redirects me to the DE page as well (and it shouldn't), pretty strange bug.