> > > For chat, run an IRC or XMPP server. > > > > Has anyone used an XMPP client for communication/collaboration within > > a company that they would recommend? > > Surely you meant server there, not client?
I thought I meant client. Does server functionality vary as far as what shows up on the client end? I imagined the client-facing functionality to be the same amongst the various servers. > XMPP clients are a dime a dozen, take you pick: pidgin, kopete, > telepathy and a hots of others. > > Servers are another story. All of them that you can lay your hands on > seem to suck big eggs big time. ejabberd is the only one I found > stable enough to actually stay up for sane amounts of time, and not > DEPEND on java. > > But that info might be well out of date, I haven't looked at our > jabber server for ages. There's no need to - the techies all > gravitated by themselves over to GTalk and Skype, claiming that the > cloud services did everything they needed and more, and it was there, > and it worked. Our in-house jabber server - not so much. > > Can't say I blame them. It's true. Thanks Alan, this is just the kind of info I need. It sounds like I would be better off with a cloud solution for collaborative chat. - Grant
