[windows2000] Re: MS Messenger
- From: Berny Stapleton <berny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 13:22:02 -0000 (GMT)
My personal favourite for messenger solutions is a jabber based solution
which can connect out to the rest of the internet.
It's called Wildfire. It's free, open source, but it's dual licensed if
you want it to be a commercial solution too, it can be.
http://www.jivesoftware.org/wildfire/
I use it with the Pandion client.
http://www.pandion.be/
This gives you everything you want, I have written docs on it for a
previous version, and it does integrated authentication, can be controlled
by NT groups, has LDAP connections for connection back into Active
Directory. Personally, I think it's a great solution. I have implemented
Microsoft Live Communications Server, and this is equal in quality as far
as I am concerned. The only big thing that LCS does that Wildfire doesn't
do is logging straight into a SQL database. LCS also integrates into
Active Directory users and computers, but as far as I can see if the
helpdesk staff know what groups can be used for turning on Instant
Messaging, what more do you need?
Berny
> Hi all,
>
> Due to popular demand at our department (and the boss pressing me on
> it...)
> I've taken up testing out this new-fangled thing called Instant Messaging
> (IM).
>
> First I looked at was MSN Messenger v7.5, which looks ok, but it's
> chockfull
> of ads and other irritating stuff. Then found on Wikipedia there's a Live
> Messenger v8beta (haven't tried it yet). Yet another I've found and that
> looks
> interesting is Gaim, capable of several protocols, including Jabber which
> apparentely supports group conferences, something Messenger does not
> AFAIK.
>
> I'm a bit confused though about MS Messenger. I don't quite see the
> difference
> between them. Anybody care to explain this to me? Or point me to good
> place
> for this.
>
> Otherwise, anything or any gotchas' I should be aware of when dealing with
> IM
> (except for viruses and stuff)?
>
> TIA.
>
>
>
>
> BW,
>
> Sorin
>
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