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Re: [Mit-talk] Fwd: [Jabber Project Announcement]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Natan Cliffer)
Mon Jul 18 11:33:44 2005
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:33:00 -0400
From: Natan Cliffer <natan@mit.edu>
To: Brian Pepper <bpepper@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.55L.0507181049020.3437@wood-of-suicides>
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With the right amount of fudging, is there any reason why a
jabber-based system couldn't have a wrapper that looked just like
zephyr? I mean, you'd need to give jabber the concept of "instance"
along with "chatroom=3D=3Dclass", but to my totally uneducated sight it
looks vaguely possible.
--ntn
On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 11:05:44AM -0400, Brian Pepper handed me the follow=
ing bytes:
> The END of ZEPHYR?!?!?!?! </chicken-little>
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> Probably not, there will always be cruft to keep it going. But I can
> attest that as an clueless incoming frosh raised on AIM and IRC, the way
> zephyr worked seemed foreign to me... "What? They're like... chatrooms
> where you can't see who's in them?" It definitely took me a few months to
> warm up to it, and if Jabber had also been an option, I'm not convinced I
> wouldn't have taken it.
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> Anyhow, I like their list name. :-)
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> Brian
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:10:23 -0400
> From: Joanne M. Hallisey <hallisey@MIT.EDU>
> To: is&t@mit.edu
> Cc: wocky@mit.edu
> Subject: Jabber Project Announcement
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> Hello,
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> I am pleased to announce the startup of an IS&T project to introduce
> an MIT-wide Jabber messaging service. We hope to offer this service
> to users in a pilot capacity in September 2005. The project is #1127
> in the IT work database.
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> The project is sponsored by Theresa Regan.
> Joanne Hallisey is the Project Manager.
> Greg Hudson is the Technical Lead.
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> The project plans to begin the pilot at the beginning of the fall
> 2005 semester. The pilot will be monitored for any unforeseen
> issues, and information will be collected during the semester to
> inform the support and service processes for a future production
> service.
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> The project has had an ITAG review and initial contact has been made
> with SWRT, Training and Publications and the Computing Help Desk. If
> you think that the project should check in with your team, or if you
> have questions, please contact us at wocky@mit.edu. If you would
> like to follow the work of the project, please subscribe to the list
> membership.
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> Thank you.
> Joanne
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> --=20
> Joanne Hallisey
> Sr. Project Manager
> MIT - Information Services and Technology
> 617-253-1894
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