[Gllug] Gllug on IRC ?

[colin murphy]

Xander D Harkness wrote:

> 
> colin murphy wrote:
> 
> >George wrote:
> >
> >>Hey everyone,
> >>
> >>After pondering for a while for no real reason, I thought of something
> >>really cool. Now, if this already exists or has had a whole 3 month thread
> >>dedicated to it already, please forgive me, and flame me endlessly every
> >>easter. Lol.
> >>
> >>I was thinking that it would be an interesting, or dare I say useful idea if
> >>Gllug had it's own channel on IRC. Nothing special, just a place where Gllug
> >>guys/gals can chat in real time, when people are on the net. Something the
> >>style of the #slashdot channel would be good, a reasonable channel on
> >>openprojects irc (irc.openprjects.net) with no ops - I don't like ops, it
> >>just doesn't fit in with the linux freedom fighter idea . Heh ;-)
> >>
> >Just for the sake of interest (mine), how many people use IRC.
> >
> >If you are an IRCer, then the next time you happen to connect to
> >irc.openprjects.net then why not /join #gllug.  Maybe you'll just be on
> >your own, maybe it will be the next big thing!
> >
> >What about ICQ or IM stuff, do many people use that?
> >
> 
> What about some open source messaging?
> 
> I am happy (as I am sure would many others) to set up a jabber server.
> 
> I like jabber because you do not have to rely upon a central host
> (witness MSN messaging going down for a week and losing data).  It works
> in a distributed manner using DNS very similar to mail (hence my jabber
> address is also xander at harkness.co.uk)

Sound cool.  Just let us know when it's done then ;-)

Colin.

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