[clue-tech] CLUE jabber server?

[Jeff Cann]

On Wednesday 14 December 2005 9:54 pm, David L. Anselmi wrote:
>  But I don't see any point to fooling with new technology if it doesn't
>  provide some clear benefit.

Hey Dave,

Certainly don't try IM before you make up your mind ;)

Actually, IM has it's place for a number of reasons - mostly that it's real 
time.  Surely you have once or twice been involved in email threads where you 
are going back and forth with one sentence emails.  In the Real World (tm) 
people usually pick up the phone.  What if your 'mate is in Timbuktoo?

IM enables real time interactions.

Let's not forget the original 'talk' application in UNIX - the first IM 
client, IMHO (although only local to a box).  Surely you've never used it to 
ping another admin who's not near a phone or on email...

Other handy things are chat rooms.  At work, we setup a chat room for a team.  
Members can fire off a question real-time rather than waiting for an email 
response. 

This might be interesting for you late-adopters out there ...

+ http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/133/report_display.asp
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