+1 for Slack. On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Christopher Tyler <[email protected] > wrote:
> We are using slack.com now. Works pretty well. > > -- > Christopher Tyler > MTCRE/MTCNA/MTCTCE/MTCWE > Total Highspeed Internet Services > 417.851.1107 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 3:23:58 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] anyone using trillian IM? > > openfire is jabber/xmpp, just easy for a guy who doesnt give a shit about > doing any work on an IM server besides installing it from a script and > occasionally pushing an update. > > A non battery drain on mobile is a big deal, and dumb user file transfer > has been a godsend > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:18 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Everybody has a company Android on our Apps domain, so we just use > > Hangouts. > > > > On 8/24/2016 3:14 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote: > > > > We run an openfire server and have always used the spak im client for > > interoffice communication between TS, CS and and administration > > the problem is we never knew who was where and it required a different > > username on each device, workstation, mobile, laptop, etc without > > configuring a boot on the openfire server, just a pita to remember to > login > > logout everytime you changed locations if you wanted uniformity, and > > histories only logged on the server, so if i popped on my laptop on the > > same account as my workstation it wouldnt have the workstation history. > > > > trillian solves this as you connect to the trillian server and it > connects > > to your inhouse im server (or yahoo aol or facebook, etc) from multiple > > devices at the same time > > > > They have a free client with their server with ads or whatever, a paid > > client with some features, and an in house server with perpetual > licensing > > and optional renewal > > > > It seems to meet the need, however, im my previous interweb miscreient > > days it was trillian and ICQ i used to deliver sub7 packages to my > > unsuspecting victims, ie, it was a toy software. It seems to have grown, > > but is it still a toy software? > > > > -- > > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > > > > > > > > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as > part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >
