Dimdim, a free open source Web meeting company, today announced it is opening its service to the public.

The Burlington, Mass.-based company is also launching its enterprise and pro versions for power users who require borderless collaboration tools accessible via any Web browser.

 All products are available in public beta immediately, according to the company. With Dimdim, a single click starts a Web meeting accessible through a desktop, showing documents and slides, as well as talk, listen, chat, and broadcast via webcam -- all without installing any software to participate. And the service is completely free.

"By reducing complexity, providing our software via open source communities and implementing disruptively low pricing, we enable people and organizations around the world to meet freely," said DD Ganguly, CEO and co-founder of Dimdim. "People have had enough of paying crazy prices for web meeting solutions that have not innovated in over a decade, never work and are a technical headache. Our public launch puts an end to this pain."

Since its private Beta launch at DEMOFall in September 2007, more than 375,000 people in 165 countries have used Dimdim. Geographically dispersed organizations such as the United Nations and Amnesty International are also using Dimdim because it is easy to use and works from any computer, anywhere in the world, even those with limited Internet connections.

Dimdim Free includes desktop sharing, document sharing, video broadcasting, multi-way VoIP chat, instant messaging, annotations, and shared whiteboards for meetings with up to 20 attendees. Dimdim Pro extends Dimdim Free by also providing custom branding, greater performance and reliability, and can scale -- for an additional fee -- to 100 people in one session, and starts at only $99 per year. Dimdim Enterprise enables multiple simultaneous meetings, the flexibility of onsite or hosted configurations, and can support up to 1000 participants per meeting.

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