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Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2003 22:00:26 PDT7
From:	Michael Rakijas <mrakijas@oco.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Anyone instant message?

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** Reply to message from "Dave Watson" on Wed, 20
Aug 2003 21:26:47 PDT7

> > Does anyone have any recommendations relative to either the choice of framework
> > (AIM/ICQ) or the quality of client choice (AIMExpress, any of the OS/2 ICQ
>
> AIM seems to be more popular. MSN and Yahoo place and show.
> ICQ seems to be seriously declining.

Although their request was no doubt based on AIM's popularity with their
friends, do you not put much faith in native AIM's interoperability with ICQ? I
figured that at least with ICQ, AIM is covered and then some, no?

> Unless you get a multi-format util
> like Trillian,

Win only unless you get it running under Odin.

> you can only talk to the same format as yours. So I'd
> suggest AIM unless all their friends use another.

> Or boot Windows
> and run Trillian so they can talk to anybody.

Wimp, yourself.

> Recent survey info:
> http://www.pti.org/profile.asp?pref=http://pti.nw.dc.us/elib/publish/article
> _810.asp
>
> I demo'd a java version back in the ISIG days. Still being updated
> apparently. Free at:
> http://downloads.zdnet.co.uk/downloads/detail/1002-2150-894099.html

I didn't get the impression that this was that recent. According to the
version file in 1.1.9, it was released on 03/24/98 and it seems that AOL is
pushing their newer Web-Java client AIM Express.

> Note that lots of perverts and child molesters use IM and chat. Teach
> the girls to be careful. Orange County Sheriff has a good program for
> teaching parents what to watch out for.

Good suggestion. Thanks.

-Rocky

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