• SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    I am a huge fan/proponent of FLOSS where possible.

    That being said, for enterprise solutions with large teams, I have yet to see a FLOSS solution that is as intuitive or ubiquitous as the major players.

    For instance, I fucking hate zoom. Basically everything about it. But I also can’t possibly suggest other platforms for remote recording participants because I deal with people across the computer literacy spectrum. They all understand zoom, regardless of generation or experience with a computer. When they don’t understand it, it’s easy to guide them. I hate it but it’s reality and it’s a major cost when you abandon popular platforms.

    It is a tall ask when folks want me to be the trendsetter who makes my company the company I work for break from the major platforms to their own detriment in the hopes that others will follow suit all to save a few thousand dollars a year and to advocate for an ideal.

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      3 months ago

      The company I work for uses Jitsi and I have never had any issues or thought it was confusing. We have an open source ideology and have our own datacenter though, so I can see how that jump cna be hard.

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        I think it’s totally possible but your company has to be committed day 1 and the floor for technical literacy has to be very high. It also heavily depends on if you dealing with clients, what their needs/tech literacy is, what you’re providing, etc.