In cheese like video conferencing you have choices; you can pick your brand, you can pick the style, you can pick how versatile it is, you can even pick what type of features the cheese has. While I am not going to go through and create a chart lining up different video conferencing solutions with different cheese types I will make one connection: Skype is the Kraft American Cheese Singles of the video conferencing world.
It may be a bit of a weird comparison and you may be wondering why not Wensleydale or Colby. To me Kraft Singles are both a horrible and a great cheese. People will make disparaging remarks that it is not real cheese or it is over processed but when it comes down to it, it has its uses when there is nothing better. On a Saturday afternoon when you are making a quick grilled cheese for lunch or in a backyard barbecue on a hamburger there is nothing better than a Kraft Singles. On the other hand if you are putting together a cheese board as a Hors d’oeuvre or making Chicken Cordon Bleu it is in your best interest not to go with Kraft Singles.
Likewise, to me Skype is great for more casual occasions such as chatting with family and friends but when it comes to work or more professional settings, I would want to go with something of a higher quality. This doesn’t mean we have to forsake Skype altogether because like Kraft Singles there are those moments when it is just right. And like Kraft Singles you need to know not only when but how Skype is best served.
The three products here are just a few of the ways that you can serve up Skype. Like Kraft Singles, it is important to understand how and where you will be using Skype to determine if it is appropriate. There are times when the limitations of Skype will mean it is not an appropriate solution. You don’t want to be using the video conferencing equivalent of a stack of Kraft American Singles on a tray and trying to pass it off as a cheese board.
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Great article tom. On the money with your comparison.