On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 01:11:29AM +0800, eric pareja wrote:
> I think that for the newbie, particularly those coming from the MS
> orientation, IRC has been strongly associated with mIRC/chat. Easy to
> understand. Jabber might appeal to those who are geared toward the
> ICQ/AIM/Yahoo Messenger group.
In that case, would PLUG do well with an IRC system?
(I remember there is a PLUG channel somewhere, who are the regulars?)
Jabber is more of an IM to replace proprietary ICQ, etc. Since the servers
are operated by the network operators, they can control access.
> One that I found truly interesting is gale (http://www.gale.org). It
> supports encrypted/signed comms for user-to-user and user-to-group modes.
This would be useful for things like coordination between remote teams on
things like, tracking down intruders?
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