Re: chat server for small office?
Robert Brockway <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Stephen Gregory wrote: > At my work we are going to install a chat server for about a dozen people. > Currently people are using a mix of Google Talk and MSN. My first inclination > is to install an irc server. I've trialed IRC and XMPP in a variety of offices. My experience can be summed up as follows: * People who are in the OSS scene are familiar and happy with IRC and will use it in the office. * People in their 30s who have been online since University but are not in the OSS scene will say "IRC? I remember that. Is it still around?". They can at least use it. * People in their 20s who are not in the OSS scene may indicate they have heard of it but won't grok it (in general). I really didn't think it was so different to IM until I trialed it in work places. * If IRC isn't the right option then go XMPP. I eventually concluded the choice of IRC or XMPP is very much situation dependent. > If I do go with and irc server which one should I use? I would prefer to > install one that is packaged for Debian/Lenny. From a quick search I see > about 8 or so in the Debian repositories. I trialed a few within Sarge/Etch and Lenny and eventually settled on ircd-hybrid as the best option. Cheers, Rob -- Email: [email protected] IRC: Solver Web: http://www.practicalsysadmin.com I tried to change the world but they had a no-return policy -- OCLUG general discussion list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/oclug