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Submission + - Best Corporate IM client?

Submitted by GJSchaller on Thursday March 22, 2007 @01:35PM

GJSchaller writes: We're looking for a new corporate IM client for our workplace. There's plenty of clients out there, but none quite seem to fit our needs. We're looking for a client that will connect to multiple protocols (MSN and AIM are primary, but others would be nice), and that has the ability to store preferences in a location other than the user's desktop, such as a home folder on the network (so that people can hop PCs and not need to reconfigure the client each time they do). I'm fond of many of the Open Source clients, but they don't seem to fit the ability to store a configuration somewhere on the network.

Has anyone come across a suitable IM client for the workplace that they can recommend? Open Source, Closed Source, or even an appliance are all options.

Journal Journal: Gnu Zoo Review 4

Journal by Real World Stuff on Thursday March 22, 2007 @01:10PM

'Me, I just don't care about proprietary software. It's not "evil" or "immoral," it just doesn't matter. I think that Open Source can do better, and I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is by working on Open Source, but it's not a crusade -- it's just a superior way of working together and generating code.'

~Linus "Poke me in the tummy and listen to me giggle" Torvalds

I can respect this.

Submission + - Choosing F/OSS distance education tools

Submitted by SgtChaireBourne on Thursday March 22, 2007 @01:05PM

SgtChaireBourne writes: A lot of the all-in-one distance education systems are expensive, poorly done, or both. Distance education makes heavy use of text-based chat, shared whiteboards (including the ability to display PDF and OpenDocument), and conference calls with recording and playback. Many of these have been available for ages, individually, as Free or open source software.

Which F/OSS tools or components would be most suitable, either individually or combined, for distance education and why?

Submission + - Micro-Wind Turbines for use in the city

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Thursday March 22, 2007 @12:52PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Engineers at the University of Hong Kong and a private renewable energy company have developed a new micro wind turbine that can generate electricity even if wind speeds are as low as two meters per second. Lucien Gambarota , the main inventor of the technology, says this is its advantage over conventional small wind turbines, which only work about 40 percent of the time because of low wind speed. "We never stop this machine and they never stop because there is always one meter per second wind — 365 days, 24 hours a day, they keep working," said Gambarota. "They deliver different levels of energy because the wind changes but these turbines they keep moving, they keep spinning." More: http://www.energyhack.com/"

Submission + - Sharp kills Zaurus

Submitted by

dilvish_the_damned

on Thursday March 22, 2007 @12:31PM

dilvish_the_damned writes: "The word is out from fairly compelling sources (mirror) saying that Sharp has ended production of the Zaurus line and nothing new is planned. (Original site here)"

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