Whenever I meet clients, I sometimes forget some important files in the office and I get frustrated about this because my clients might think that I am not well-prepared for the presentation and that could ruin my chances of getting the project. As we know, first impressions can make or break you. Sometimes, when I have a lot of work to do, I decide to bring some stuff home and it irritates me when I realize that I forgot to bring other important files.
Through the widespread banner ads and pay-per-click ads, GoToMyPC has become popular and I decided to search for an open source alternative for me not to spend money.
I searched for “gotomypc opensource alternative” in Google and the first result was an entry from Wikipedia shown on the screenshot below:
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As you notice, it indicates an open source alternative:
[edit] External Links. GoToMyPC Web site for software installation and computer access. TightVNC An open source alternative …
I checked out the page but I no longer found the opensource alternative in Wikipedia.
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So I checked the cache from the search result hoping that the old text is still there and I was right…
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Then I found out about TightVNC and decided to use that link instead. http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html
After what I encountered regarding my search on an opensource alternative for GoToMyPC, it occurred to me that maybe GoToMyPC themselves have been editing their own Wikipedia entry or they may have hired bloggers to edit GoToMyPC entries found in Wikipedia just like Microsoft who allegedly paid bloggers to look for Microsoft entries in Wikipedia and edit them for Microsoft’s advantage.
Do you think that GoTOMyPC will really make such a move to protect their own product?
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This post was written by:
Alfredo Palconit Jr - who has written 8 posts on action online.
He is a web designer, search engine marketer and blogger from the Philippines. For more information visit his website: Alfredo's Blog
October 12th, 2007 at 4:09 am
Well, we can’t say, unless we have some sufficient proof. It may be and may be not at all.
-Aurelius
July 14th, 2009 at 3:07 am
Thanks, Al Khalel Le Beau for your post. I have three computers at my dad’s home and I’ve always supported them remotelly using PC File Transfer on http://www.pc-file-transfer.com/. It’s a good alternative to GoToMyPC. And it’s cheap enough. As for TightVNC, I have never heard this remote access tool.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
There’re plenty of free remote access choices on the internet. But some appliance based web collaboration remote access/support alternatives like RHUB http://www.rhubcom.com are fail-safe with secured access.