Re: Re[1]: ICQ for Gnome

[Kevin Birch <kbirch pobox com>]

On 5/5/98 1:21 PM Eric M. Ludlam zappo@ultranet.com said:

>I know very little of ICQ, but this discussion implicates its server
>centric attitude.  A peer-to-peer version of this already exists
>through the use of "finger" "rwho" and "talk".  Using these protocols,
>you can do any kind of communication you may wish, except get a list
>everyone on the planet who cares.  My officemate uses ICQ, and all he
>uses it for is keeping up w/ folk for whom he already knows their
>address.
>
>As I've written a talk replacement and talkd replacement, I see no
>reason why an ICQ style people browser can't also be created, given a
>suitable list of addresses ahead of time, and it would probably be
>much more accurate.
>
Again, as I said, this is all very good, but the need for a client of the
ICQ still exists to communicate with non-Linux users, running ICQ.


Çheers,
Kevin

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