[X4U] Video conferencing on a PC

[Stroller]

On Feb 24, 2005, at 6:46 pm, Scott McCulloch wrote:
>>
>> Whichever solution you use, beware that some of your customers' 
>> firewalls may need tweaking to allow iChats to work. Smaller 
>> companies who are just behind a NAT router will be able to just 
>> plug-&-go, however larger SMEs may have decent firewalling in place 
>> to prevent their employees instant-messaging their mates during 
>> working hours. It shouldn't take their IT departments long to 
>> accommodate your iChatAV requirements, however.
>
> Ah yes, good point. Well, whatever we end up doing, I'm sure we'll 
> have to get it approved by the IT departments of our client 
> organizations.

This is why I like the loaner idea more - in some offices installing 
AIM would be as as easy as double-clicking on the setup.exe, but the IT 
department of a decent-sized, well-regulated enterprise would have 
heebie-jeebies at the thought of installing "free" chat software on 
their own machines. If they've got a clue they'll have no problem with 
their staff plugging a single loaner Mac onto the network, secure in 
the knowledge that it can't be used as a platform for viruses and that, 
since it's not owned by their company, they have no responsibility for 
software licensing or support of the actual machine.

Stroller.