Repositories of old knowledge versus new. Old knowledge should not be undervalued as times change, but people don't. The folks who run the libraries, preserve and order knowledge, cannot be overvalued. Plus, libraries seem to be much more fault tolerant than your Blu-Ray archive of Wikipedia.

I second. Openfire and Pidgin, Spark, etc.

Bah, he should just get the NSA or one of the CIA's tech firms to build him one.

Yeah, so you labor those 55 hours a week working hand-in-hand with idiot consultants earning twice as much money as you; all the while trying to meet that arbitrary deadline. So, what? You know that the Thank You email and the $10 bag of candy bars makes it totally worthwhile.

Honestly, *krinkle* those consultants *crunch* are so *chew,chew,chew* stupid.

Brilliant! That's my new slashdot tagline.

But seriously, I agree. There's something to be said for working with people who are passionate about their work and discipline. If I like purple cool-aid and they serve purple cool-aid, then even better.