Yesterday I had another one of those thougth’s of “if you build it they will come”. I will more than likely be disapointed but that doesn’t lessen the fun of trying. I’ve been wanting to setup a Jabber server for some time now but never really had the right motivation. The last few weeks have been busy consulting with Developers in the office on a new product and email as the colaboration tool is comical, to put it mildly.
I have RedHat running on an old NCR S26 in the office which is where I setup a Plone site some time ago. It’s had WordPress, Bugzilla, Forrest, and PHPNuke running on it at various times so it was a pefect canidate.
Yesterday I had another one of those thought’s of “if you build it they will come”. I will more than likely be disappointed but that doesn’t lessen the fun of trying. I’ve been wanting to setup a Jabber server for some time now but never really had the right motivation. The last few weeks have been busy consulting with Developers in the office on a new product and email as the collaboration tool is comical, to put it mildly.
I have RedHat running on an old NCR S26 in the office which is where I setup a Plone site some time ago. It’s had WordPress, Bugzilla, Forrest, and PHPNuke running on it at various times so it was a perfect candidate.
When searching for a Jabber server I had no idea what to look for but a few moments on Jabber’s server page and I found WildFire. If you take out the download time 15 minutes later I was up and running, logged in and on the admin section doing setup. After that I grabbed Gaim for Windows and was ready to go.
Now for the reality check, can I get anyone in the office to use it. Some already use MSN Messenger and IT is hands off when it comes to many of these kinds of suggestions, so we will see. I put a few feelers out today, but I won’t hold my breath. If all else fails I can put it on my test server and see if the family wants to use it. In general for a small or medium sized company that has a need for this type of communication I don’t see how you could go wrong with a setup like this.