Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> writes:
> Hi All > > I found something interesting in a BBC news article with regard to MS > teams and Windows 11. > > It seems that Teams will be even more integrated in to the next > release of windows. I am not a legal expert. However this could > once again prove to be a monopoly grab for MS and just highlights they > don't get it when it comes to un competitive practice. MS have been > in court for Anti trust violations. > > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57597352 > > I am not sure if the FSF legal department can take a look at this, as > it may be something that the FSF, FSFE, EFF and others need to > scrutinize to see if there is a violation in competition law. > > I can't see the people behind zoom being very happy about this either, > so we should perhaps be more vocal about it, but more to the promotion > of alternative. Thank you very much for the information. > In the mean time, > > https://test.bigbluebutton.org/ > > is a useful link to allow people to try out Big Blue Button, lets > promote the alternatives, of course there is also jit.si but BBB is > designed for education, esp as if a BBB instance can be hosted in > different jurisdictions (such as in the EU/UK) then the GDPR apples. > > Just thought I would highlight this. If a barrier to people using > free and open source software is a perceived lack of tools, is it due > to the lack of tools or lack of awareness of alternatives. Most > people have never heard of Big Blue Button or Jit.si for example. > > Hope this helps It does. I am worried that Jut.si does not work on either of my machines because they are old. On the other hand, I do not like using software which is not installed by me, because I want an audit for freedom, security and privacy, beforehand. Browser embedded software is too much of a task to audit because it changes so much. I have never used Big Blue Button. Will it also run on a browser? If it does, is there some other solution to making videoconferencing? Maybe XMPP or Tox or Matrix could be a solution. But I am not sure about their characteristics. _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss