move the ubuntu irc channels to jabber ?

[Robert Collins]

On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 23:45 +0200, Samir van de Sand wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I just read the call for specifications for UDS Mountain View. So
> here's my idea:
> 
> Why not move the Ubuntu channels to Jabber? Jabber provides a feature
> called MUC,  where Jabber users can create chat rooms on a jabber
> server to communicate with each other. Here are possible reasons why
> the Ubuntu channels should move to jabber:
> * From the rational point this is a better solution, because you can
> use your existing IM program like Gaim and Kopete to connect to the
> chat channels.
> * In Jabber the Server communicate among each other, which means that
> a user which has an account on jabber server a can enter a channel on
> server b without connecting to server b and identifying on server b.
> * Ubuntu as a free distribution should support the spreading of open
> and standardized protocols in the IM world.
> 
> What do you guys think about that ?

Except for federation, IRC has all of these features: gaim supports IRC,
users create channels, its an open and standardised protocol.

IRC does not have federation at this point, so that seems to be the only
point of differentiation.

Cheers,
Rob
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