Does WebRTC need a change in governance?
Is it time to change the governance of WebRTC in order to keep it growing and flourishing?
Read MoreNot yet.
Jive just released its own version of Enterprise Messaging, and sadly, it is lacking in the extreme. The Jive website touts "Real-time messaging for your team". This made me all giddy - might it just be another messanging vendor taking the plunge towards WebRTC?
No.
You can see the video here:
The feature dull list on the website include:
(and a few admin management capabilities)
That's it?
What am I missing?
Jive acquired Meetings.io 2.5 years ago. You'd expect they would be doing something meaningful with that acquisition, but it seems they just botched it. After so long all they could achieve is a simple text messaging app.
This product looks a lot like the feature set in the first Microsoft OCS (which was later renamed to Lync and then Skype for Business). Only it lacks all VoIP capabilities. This is not enough to warrant progress.
The pricing of Jive Chime is $2 per user/month. That's the same as HipChat for less features, and a lot lower than Slack's $6.67-99 per user/month price range. There are only three reasons why Jive went out with this feature set:
To become relevant, Jive Chime needs at the very least to seriously deal with integration to its other assets (and third parties), rich content and history properly. Voice and video would be obvious additions, though not mandatory ones. Having a browser version is also critical
Is it time to change the governance of WebRTC in order to keep it growing and flourishing?
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