Windows Live Messenger vs AOL Instant Messenger

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Jack the Smack

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I was wondering which would be better suited for business. I'm the lead IT guy here and currently the entire corperation is using Windows LIVE, but at home I use both windows live and AIM and so far AIM seems to use less memory, respond better, and the interface is cleaner. Does anyone have thoughts on using AIM for business instead of MSN?
 
Entoptic

Entoptic

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Pidgin imo. It is free and much better/safer.

Office communicator is awesome as well since it syncs with Exchange and all the other crappy Microsoft stuff but if you go with Office Communicator be prepared for a hefty setup and new KB. Oh the price on the sucker is insane as well. The one thing I noticed once we got it up and running was trying to convience the employees to stop using yahoo. Getting the users to use another chat program was the hardest thing!
 
NorCalAthlete

NorCalAthlete

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Entoptic said:
Pidgin imo. It is free and much better/safer.

Office communicator is awesome as well since it syncs with Exchange and all the other crappy Microsoft stuff but if you go with Office Communicator be prepared for a hefty setup and new KB. Oh the price on the sucker is insane as well. The one thing I noticed once we got it up and running was trying to convience the employees to stop using yahoo. Getting the users to use another chat program was the hardest thing!
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Couldn't you just disable it on their computers?
 
fraz

fraz

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Pidgin, Jabber, or Trillian are all multi-chat clients to handle multiple accounts. As for the underlying chat network.... use and sign up for all the major ones AIM, MSN, Yahoo and pick your fave multi-chat client. Then get Skype and sign up and run it too. The reason? Everybody you encounter has different stuff and the concept of standardizing everybody is a fantasy. So if you want to be truly connected (may not be the desired behavior) then do as I mentioned above :)

Skype is a little bit more memory intensive but it is the superior chat client and also the drag and drop audio conferencing is very useful. It has video conferencing too although I consider that a bit of a novelty personally.
 
Diezel

Diezel

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fraz said:
Pidgin, Jabber, or Trillian are all multi-chat clients to handle multiple accounts. As for the underlying chat network.... use and sign up for all the major ones AIM, MSN, Yahoo and pick your fave multi-chat client. Then get Skype and sign up and run it too. The reason? Everybody you encounter has different stuff and the concept of standardizing everybody is a fantasy. So if you want to be truly connected (may not be the desired behavior) then do as I mentioned above :)

Skype is a little bit more memory intensive but it is the superior chat client and also the drag and drop audio conferencing is very useful. It has video conferencing too although I consider that a bit of a novelty personally.
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+1 and Trillian support MOST of all of the chat protocols out there. It does eat up more memory, but in the long run it's easier to deal with.

As for the "which one" if your using it as purely a internal communications tool.. Uhh my advice. use ANY chat program YOU feel like, that YOU can configure the port to an internal one only. That will eliminate them from bullshitting with friends outside of work. :devil
 
svclee

svclee

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If you are looking for a free "software wise" great working internal IM with logging then use http://www.igniterealtime.org/index.jsp "OpenFire" and "Spark IM Client". You can also install a plug-in that will allow Spark users to chat with external IM users such as AIM and Yahoo and so forth. At the same time you can log these chats if need be. Its opensource so its all free.
 
Entoptic

Entoptic

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isn't trillian unsecure? I was always told that and never looked it up. I imagine nothing in encrypted.
 
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