On 10/27/2020 9:41 AM, Alexandre Hocquet wrote:
Scholars once designed email and mailing lists for their communication needs as open protocols. They are now surrendering their computer-mediated communication tools to proprietary platforms 40 years later. This "absurdist" situation according to one of the academics involved in the Zoom censorship turmoil is a direct consequence of this giving away.
My company primarily uses email, Discord, and Cisco WebEx. None of these have the sort of censorship some have allegedly encountered while using Zoom. We've also used HipChat and Slack in the past. We tested, and decided not to use several of Microsoft's solutions that didn't fit our usage patterns. 1. Some of these platforms have free versions. 2. None of these platforms prevent one from exporting data. Using them does not mean one's work is locked up behind a paywall. 3. It is particularly important to have a trustworthy administrator when using any of these platforms.
If anyone on the list is aware of an anglophone media outlet that would be interested in an English version of that piece, I would be happy to submit it to them, especially in the light of these recent events.
I believe this article might fit in IEEE Spectrum as a short article. https://spectrum.ieee.org/ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Spectrum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engine... https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engine... Fred -- Fred Fuchs - Founder, CEO, & Producer FireSabre Consulting LLC Content Services for Virtual Worlds Creation, Events, Training, & Simulations