On 2 Dec 2010, at 06:55, Joshua M. Clulow wrote: > On 2 December 2010 17:19, Chris Ridd <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 1 Dec 2010, at 17:01, Jesus Cea wrote: >>> I would rather prefer to use XMPP/Jabber. We don't need to use a >>> "centralized" infraestructure we don't own at all. >> I agree - there's no reason not to run an XMPP server on openindiana.org, >> just like it runs an MTA for mail. There are free XMPP servers (ejabberd is >> one I've heard most about, and would probably be fine for a small group like >> this) and commercial ones (my company sells the one used at jabber.org for >> example). We'd be able to keep chat transcripts centrally, that sort of >> thing. >> Using irc.freenode.net feels a bit like us choosing to email using Lotus >> Notes instead of SMTP :-) > > Actually, IRC is a simple mostly-text protocol like SMTP. XMPP is a > comparatively complicated suite of endless customisations that happens > to be Useful(tm) for various kinds of chat - it looks to me a lot more > like Lotus Notes than IRC does.
I was referring to the standardness of the two systems. XMPP is standard. IRC is not. > IRC is simple and easy to understand and is already in widespread use > for this kind of collaboration, including within this project. I'd > like to try and attend the meetings but if it requires signing up for > and maintaining yet another account on yet another collaboration > system then its probably going to be less of a burden to just read the > minutes. IRC's exactly like that for me - a burden that I only got a client for because of OpenIndiana. I'd prefer not to use it. Cheers, Chris _______________________________________________ oi-dev mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
