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From: Bill Rucker on 13 Apr 2010 21:40
Can anyone compare TeamViewer and Mikogo (or strongly recommend
something similar with an explanation of why)? My initial primary
interest is remote support for a few family members (i.e., non-
commercial) but we will be doing some typical family things like
exchanging files or collaborating on a simple project.

I'm especially interested in where the applications fall short or
place limits to protect the commercial releases. One review of
TeamViewer said great things but finished with a tantalizing and
unexplained "Its free version is not good enough for commercial
purposes" -- but the commercial release is wonderful.

Thanks for your informed guidance.

From: Mike Echo on 14 Apr 2010 07:25
In article <f6210b4e-b4c0-43fb-bff5-8ef157fc2291
@d34g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, billr.acf(a)gmail.com says...

> Can anyone compare TeamViewer and Mikogo (or strongly recommend
> something similar with an explanation of why)? My initial primary
> interest is remote support for a few family members (i.e., non-
> commercial) but we will be doing some typical family things like
> exchanging files or collaborating on a simple project.
>
> I'm especially interested in where the applications fall short or
> place limits to protect the commercial releases. One review of
> TeamViewer said great things but finished with a tantalizing and
> unexplained "Its free version is not good enough for commercial
> purposes" -- but the commercial release is wonderful.
>
> Thanks for your informed guidance.

I use Crossloop

http://www.crossloop.com/

and find it covers all I need to do (complete access, ability to reverse
that access, file sending, etc). The only downside is that it shows a
popup ad for the full version after each session has finished. A small
price to pay IMHO. If my 82 yo mother (who only got internet access for
the first time a few months ago) can get her head around it, then
anybody can.

R.
From: HeyBub on 14 Apr 2010 10:00
Bill Rucker wrote:
> Can anyone compare TeamViewer and Mikogo (or strongly recommend
> something similar with an explanation of why)? My initial primary
> interest is remote support for a few family members (i.e., non-
> commercial) but we will be doing some typical family things like
> exchanging files or collaborating on a simple project.
>
> I'm especially interested in where the applications fall short or
> place limits to protect the commercial releases. One review of
> TeamViewer said great things but finished with a tantalizing and
> unexplained "Its free version is not good enough for commercial
> purposes" -- but the commercial release is wonderful.
>
> Thanks for your informed guidance.

Mikogo doesn't require anything to be installed on the remote computer (it
temporarily downloads what it needs from the website). Also Mikogo is free
for commercial use. Mikogo allows the server and client to be interchanged
and allows more than one remote site to view what's going on, so you can
train up to eight people simultaneously.

I wish it would allow local printing from the remote site, but other than
that, it works swell.

Mikogo fits all our needs.


From: Bill Rucker on 16 Apr 2010 11:54
On Apr 13, 9:40 pm, Bill Rucker <billr....(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Can anyone compare TeamViewer and Mikogo (or strongly recommend
> something similar with an explanation of why)?  

> I'm especially interested in where the applications fall short

Coincidentally, Windows Secrets just published an article on this
yesterday. The article focused on built-in Windows tools and which
versions are supported as host (some) or client (most). She also
started a follow-up thread in their forum for discussing other tools.
Article:
http://windowssecrets.com/2010/04/15/02-Run-your-PC-from-afar-securely-and-easily
Thread:
http://lounge.windowssecrets.com/index.php?showtopic=774056
Also see:
http://windowssecrets.com/reviews/2-Internet-and-networking/124-Best-free-remote-access

Thanks for mentioning limitations Mike Echo and HeyBub.
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