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Webex is free right now, they just haven't really marketed it: https://help.webex.com/en-us/n80v1rcb/Cisco-Webex-Available-Free-in-These-Countries-COVID-19-Res

by tw04 7y ago

Webex is free right now, they just haven't really marketed it: https://help.webex.com/en-us/n80v1rcb/Cisco-Webex-Available-Free-in-These-Countries-COVID-19-Response https://help.webex.com/en-us/n80v1rcb/Cisco-Webex-Available-... Hangouts Meet which I've had bad luck with but others have told me works well is free: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/g-suite/helping-businesses-and-schools-stay-connected-in-response-to-coronavirus https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/g-suite/helping-busin... And MS Teams has a free trial (had good luck with this as well but don't like the interface as much as webex): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2020/03/02/working-remotely-during-challenging-times/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2020/03/0...

thomzane 7y ago
The Free Software Foundation refers to free as in freedom and not free as in cost.
- yingbo 7y ago
  , while some others refers to free as free in cost. We should respect each other.
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    In this thread, I think we should use the more relevant definition.
- tw04 7y ago
  I'm aware of what the FSF is. Downvoting me because I posted free-as-in-beer alternatives that aren't open source is childish. They're valid alternatives for people that don't want to use zoom and entirely relevant to the conversation.
  - tome 7y ago
    It's as though the title was "Try these green ways to generate energy" and you responded with a list of petrol engines which are painted green. It's not wrong, it's not unhelpful, per se, but does somewhat miss the point.
  - okprod 7y ago
    OP's post is about choosing free software alternatives in place of proprietary software that abuses your rights. You recommending more proprietary software is entirely against what the FSF's article is saying.
eatbitseveryday 7y ago
https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software
pxx 7y ago
Hangouts Meet isn't free (as in beer or as in speech). It's just that the premium version is free if you're enrolled for the lower-tier version. Note that this product differs in many ways from the "free" Hangouts.

by tw04 7y ago

thomzane 7y ago

The Free Software Foundation refers to free as in freedom and not free as in cost.

yingbo 7y ago
, while some others refers to free as free in cost. We should respect each other.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  In this thread, I think we should use the more relevant definition.
tw04 7y ago
I'm aware of what the FSF is. Downvoting me because I posted free-as-in-beer alternatives that aren't open source is childish. They're valid alternatives for people that don't want to use zoom and entirely relevant to the conversation.
- tome 7y ago
  It's as though the title was "Try these green ways to generate energy" and you responded with a list of petrol engines which are painted green. It's not wrong, it's not unhelpful, per se, but does somewhat miss the point.
- okprod 7y ago
  OP's post is about choosing free software alternatives in place of proprietary software that abuses your rights. You recommending more proprietary software is entirely against what the FSF's article is saying.

eatbitseveryday 7y ago

https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software

pxx 7y ago

Hangouts Meet isn't free (as in beer or as in speech). It's just that the premium version is free if you're enrolled for the lower-tier version. Note that this product differs in many ways from the "free" Hangouts.