nuqneH,
I use it frequently, it is quite common way to get free support on
Unix software in realtime. And i use it as one of IMs, too ;-)
On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 08:50:35AM -0600, Brian Loe wrote:
> I still have to ask why everyone is an admin on their local machine,
> but beyond that I'm also wondering why you would spend the extra time
> and money on an IRC client/environment at all. If the communications
> are to be kept within the company, MS provides free software to do
> that and you don't have to open it up to the 'Net. Here they install
> Messenger on every system. You're not allowed off-network and can only
> add users from AD.
>
> If you do need to include folks from off the network then why not use
> one of the new whiz-bang web sites? Every vendor I've dealt with in
> the last couple of years has either installed their own or has rented
> time from a third-party.
>
> IRC isn't all that efficient at sharing ideas anyway - can't see how
> anyone could make a business case for it.
>
> On 1/30/06, Paul Melson <pmelson_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Subject: RE: [fw-wiz] "firewalls are obsolete" rant
> <SNIP>
> > Being honest, if I had it to do over again, I would've fought harder to keep
> > it out. What we came up with* mitigates the threat of bots and other
> > unauthorized clients getting back to an irc server outside our network, but
> > we wasted lots of time and energy to get there, all so a handful of people
> > didn't have to use e-mail to collaborate. And since I can audit the
> > conversations that take place, I also know how much it's used. We're still
> > "upside-down" on the value proposition that was used to argue for it.
> >
> > PaulM
> >
> > * Happy to talk about this off-list if you're still in need of ideas.
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