Hi Jim,
On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:58:29 -0700, Jim Benson <jb at speed.net> wrote:

> Markus,
>
>> The server does not need to be written in Squeak... why not use
>> http://jabberd.jabberstudio.org/ ?
>> I really can't think of anything gained from having the server
>> been reimplemented in Squeak. Squeak happily uses e.g  DNS servers
>> that are not written in Squeak.
>>
>
> There are quite a few interesting things you can do with your own chat
> server. I would point out David N. Smith's Babble/Loops at:
> http://www.dnsmith.com/dnsmith/babble/index.html as a shining example.
>
> Another interesting concept is to link 'persistent' chat with Wikis, 
> which
> combines two ideas: the synchronous communication of the chat world
> (augmented by making the chats persistent) and the asynchronous mode of 
> the
> Wiki. Creating a Squeak based server would facilitate a much tighter
> coupling between the two, placing them both in the same 'space' as it 
> were.

I can't see why you would need a server for that (unlike some more advnced
functionality duscussed elsewhere in the thread).
IMHO any client would be able to log the whole conservation so it would be
sufficent to link a client to the swiki-server.

Just my two cents,
Torge

>
> As a side note, I use this combination every day, except that I use AIM 
> as
> the chat service. 'Cutting and Pasting' the discussions from AIM onto the
> wiki isn't a whole lot of fun. It would be much nicer to have all of this
> integrated with the wiki itself so that a nice bridge could be employed.
>
> The combination of the two ideas is very powerful, and by providing both
> within Squeak means that you don't have worry about setting up several
> different servers. Just fire up the Squeak image and off you go. This 
> ease
> of deployment cannot be underestimated; when you can set servers up in
> minutes, the results are very impressive. One of the demos that we have 
> been
> doing is to install a WiFi accessible server while a customer watches. 
> The
> whole process takes just a few minutes and they are amazed when they can
> browse the server content. We encourage them to play with the demo during
> the talk.
>
> Jim Benson
>
>
>



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