I really wonder whether there is anything in the world that is, by nature, inappropriate for open-source porting.

When I read about DimDim in ReadWriteWeb here, I was surprised that nobody get into the field of WebEx with the open-source lenses that DimDim used. In three bullet-points I can summarize what DimDim does and why they do what they do in a great way.

1. DimDim lets people connect, write and talk to each other while sharing their desktops and slides. This is what many others (and other others) offer. The DimDim’s killer feature is that the connectivity features are all inside the browser, with no need of software installation.
2. Its revenue model is quite flexible for different types of organizations. Big corporations get the same fee approach with good savings vs. other services. Small companies share a percent of the revenues and start-ups get the service free in exchange of the start-ups’ engineering staff’s contribution to DimDim’s open-source platform.
3. Continuing from 2nd bullet, the platform being open-source is a huge gain by itself. And the penetration model for start-ups inherently supports the development of the system towards the excellence.

My only comment for DimDim, which is almost half joke and half opinion ( ), is that big corporations may see its funny name as a penetration barrier.

Great work…