[OPLINTECH] Chat tools for staff

[Dan Will]

I found that Spark, while working well is kind of bloated & takes a while to
load at startup.
 I like Pidgin, which is open source as well, for use with OpenFire. My
$0.02 worth.

Dan Will
Technology Supervisor
Meigs County District Public Library
willda at oplin.org
740.992.5813
740.992.6140 (fax)


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Fiction has to make sense.
Tom Clancy



-----Original Message-----
From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org] On
Behalf Of Ron Woods
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 1:00 PM
To: oplintech at oplin.org
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Chat tools for staff

You could try OpenFire

It's an Open Source Chat/IM server that is licensed under the GPL

http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/index.jsp

It is based on the Jabber protocol...you can set up your own local chat
server, 

It is a full-featured product, Runs on Linux or Windows and is Open Source

You can also run their Jabber Client Spark

http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/spark/index.jsp

pointing it to your OpenFire chat server and you can have a LAN chat...Spark
client also supports voice and other features

I found this digging around the other day, but I haven't had the chance to
try it yet or talk to the developers about how the licensing scheme works,
but according to their site, the License is GPL v2


It could be a option though.


-----Original Message-----
From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org] On
Behalf Of Matt Weaver
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:17 PM
To: oplintech at oplin.org
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Chat tools for staff

I have installed libraryh3lp (http://libraryh3lp.com/docs/h3lp) on our
intranet . It's inexpensive and is designed for libraries. Lots of options,
too.

Matt Weaver


Web Librarian
Technical Services
Westlake Porter Public Library
Westlake, Ohio 44145
(440) 250-5479
www.westlakelibrary.org


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