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Free alternatives
Users should know that there are free alternatives. I have added RealVNC in combination with BarracudaDrive as one possible alternative. I urge users to add other types of alternatives.
- This page describes a company, not the remote control software market. I think a discussion of specific competitive threats to GoToMyPC's business would be relevant -- but I don't think we'll find any citation supporting the 'free alternatives' as threats to GoToMyPC's bottom line. Even a brief discussion of the remote control software marketplace and technologies, free and not-free, would be appropriate, if there's not already a pages covering that.
- It's original research.
- It looks like advocacy: Why limit it to Free alternatives? Why not other alternatives (e.g., Webex, etc.)? Why these in particular, when there are so many out there? I don't think we should list all remote control software in the GoToMyPC article.
It's heartbreaking to see people paying for this product that's probably already built into their computer (Windows XP or Vista). Nonetheless, I agree it smells too much like advocacy to simply list "free" alternatives. It's not the job of wikipedia to be an antidote for extremely pervasive marketing campaigns. Maybe a list of the competetition is the best that can be done. Someone please start or continue an appropriate list. 71.72.120.20 16:08, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Free Webex Alternatives Video
Reorganization and revison
The article has been reorganized and revised to include a history of technology and business development, product editions, vendor claims for the 2006 release 5, and numerous references.
Craig Bolon 21:51, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Merge proposal
There being notihng much to merge (the two were originally, I think, pretty much the same content), I have mage Gotomypc a redirect. Just zis Guy you know? 08:41, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
This is probably not of interest after reorganization of the article Craig Bolon 21:51, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
GoToMyPC uses VNC?
The first sentence says,
It provides remote desktop or Virtual Network Computing (VNC) access to Windows PCs.
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is an open source technology that is packaged into many products. It is not a generic term for remote access. Also, GoToMyPC does not use VNC as far as I know, and I was unable to find any evidence of it with quick research. Unless someone can cite something to back it up, I'll remove VNC from that sentence.Guanxi 16:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Fixed. Guanxi 14:06, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
requires 'already' knowing
no 'basic' info here; reader must already understand this; so someone wants to setup gotomypc meeting: are they wanting access to my computer, or me access theirs? if access to theirs, what do they know or need to know about mine? how does it compare to toll free phone numbers in that the number calling from shows?
Origins of GoToMyPC in context
The last paragraph in this section contains the string "used by hundreds of thousands of people across the world," which sounds like it isn't appropriate (marketing speak? Or just citation needed?)
Also, the title of this section is confusing. --Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.86.99.151 (talk) 10:53, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
LogMeIn?
I see that somebody has made LogMeIn into a red link. There is currently no article about LogMeIn and the page is protected. It got deleted a couple of times due to failure to assert notability and promotional tone. The second deletion was rather harsh, in my view, and I have been working on an acceptable version at User:DanielRigal/LogMeIn but I have stalled a bit. If anybody wants to help out with that then please feel free. Once the article is up to scratch, I think it should be possible to get the protection removed and move the article into place. --DanielRigal (talk) 21:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Ad?
The "Origins of GoToMyPC in context" sounds like a giant ad to me. 65.6.213.12 (talk) 23:01, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
So this is basically a fancy SSH client with a few extras
...and a hefty pricetag? -135.196.27.80 (talk) 22:43, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Based off pcAnywhere
Disclaimer: I'm an editor with Citrix. I'd like to remove the pcAnywhere reference in the first section, but I want to run this by the community first. As far as I could find, pcAnywhere has existed for close to 2 decades (meaning it probably inspired tons of remote access products), but neither Citrix nor Symantec have stated that GoToMyPC was actually modeled after it. Additionally, the citation for the claim links to an announcement for a new (now old) pcAnywhere feature that mentions nothing about GoToMyPC. Until this claim has some supporting evidence behind it, I think its unfounded and fit for removal.Niktrix (talk) 20:03, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Having received no reply, I've removed the reference. Niktrix (talk) 19:22, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Merger proposal
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Hello! Back in January, I suggested merging the contents of the GoToMyPC Pro article with this entry. I'm now back to address the flags on this article. I've written a new draft, which I hope will both demonstrate GoToMyPC's notability and remedy any issues with promotional language. Editors can view that draft here.
To summarize my changes: I've restructured the article, added citations and rewritten material as needed, and added more information about the software. Based on the products' extensive coverage and past feedback encouraging me to add reviews to product articles, I also included a Reception section with product reviews from industry publications and other sources.
As noted here and elsewhere, I am being paid by Citrix Systems as part of my work with Beutler Ink to suggest improvements to Citrix-related Wikipedia articles. Because of this COI, I will not be making any edits myself. I'll be keeping an eye out for any feedback and/or changes others may have after they've reviewed my draft. Thanks! Heatherer (talk) 20:44, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Heatherer: Per the page linked above, The proposed edit must comply with Neutral point of view, and in particular Due and undue weight, a section of our neutrality policy. I believe your "Reception" section gives undue weight, as it is by far the longest section and heaps a lot of praise on the product. While this is fine to some extent, having five long paragraphs makes the latter half of the article look like an advertisement. Perhaps you could trim this down and reduce the number of quotes.
- Besides that, you might consider adding a screenshot of the software in the body of the article. The sourcing and other basic elements look fine, so undue weight is your main concern at this point. Tonystewart14 (talk) 23:59, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ @Heatherer: I went ahead and copied it into the main GoToMyPC article. I'll follow up if anyone has any concerns regarding neutrality or anything else with the article. Good work writing it! Tonystewart14 (talk) 21:18, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
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