19 Sep
2017
19 Sep
'17
8:37 a.m.
There's a definite gap in the market for a very simple screen-sharing product like this, with maybe cut & paste and printing functionality. TV and LogMeIn are far too expensive for the home user. And I don't get why, surely what they do is essentially a solved problem by now.
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Alan Bourke
alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017, at 03:35 AM,
mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
> Customer is a small business and NOT tech savvy at all (so don't suggest
> "UltraVNC configured oh so cool!"). I warned her you get what you pay
> for many times, but said I'd research it. I use TeamViewer and it's
> great for me but overkill for her. TV has a free license but the
> wording appears to be such that it's for accessing your personal home
> computer from work (not the other direction). LogMeIn (as we've noted
> here) kept jacking up prices, and they have no more free version. I've
> got a question into gotomypc.com to see if unattended access is an
> option for their product (although it's not free either). I have no
> problem telling a client that free isn't possible but I did say I'd
> check first. GotoMyPC's pricing isn't bad for the single user if she
> can use it in unattended access mode:
> https://get.gotomypc.com/plansandpricing
>
> Other suggestions based on your experience?
>
> Found this too, reviewing alternatives to LMI:
> https://www.pcworld.com/article/2091801/5-alternatives-to-logmein-free-for-r...
>
> tia!
> --Mike
>
>
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